Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510

Dio

gene

s

I wonder why people refer

to me as “The Dog”?

Euclid

Why am I considered the “Father of Math?”

Par

men

ides

What does it mean to live a

“Parmenidean life”?

Epicurus

Death does not concern us, because as long as we

exist, death is not here. And when it does come,

we no longer exist.

*Why the website Epicurious.com?

Ptolemy &Zoroaster

Can you imagine a conversation between the

famous astronomer and the founder of the first world

religion?

Pythagora

s

So, how does that theorem of mine go?

Xenophon

Why would I be considered a

“Renaissance Man” even though I lived

long before theRenaissance?

Zeno

What did Zeno mean when he said, “All is one”?

Socrates

How does the Socratic Method

work ?

Raphael

Of course, I had to include

myself!

How do artists pick their models?

Plotinu

s

How do we define

“The One”?

Who’s who?Plato and Aristotle

Why?

Her

aclit

us

You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever

flowing on to you.

*Who was the model?

Why was Alexanderconsidered

“Great”?

Ale

xand

er

How might you use this

image?

Is the

painting symmetrical?

Can you point out examples of how the artist creates the illusion of depth?