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Between Heraclitus and B/tlragoras, towards whom Ire is turning tire
philosopher standing arguing on a booh, is Anaxagoras, the friend of
Bericles. Brom his education he belongs to the Ionic school ; but, ns be
was the tlrst to place ths creative spirit of tire world above matter, he
forms tire linh between Heraclitus and B/thagoras, and the connecting
passage between the school of hlthics (LS,xo;) and tire school of Locrates.
Uris is wh/ he is placed immediately below the wise Athenian.
Behind him is standing a handsome goring man, in wlrom Baphael
Iras perpetuated tire features of his Brince Brancesco Maria della Bovsre,
Duke of ldrbino, at that time at Borne. Vasari also notices that
Baplrael granted a similar distinction to tire " prodigal son," Bederico II.
Duke of lVIantua, on!/ ten /ears of age, wlro was also at Borne at this
time. We believe that we ma/ recognise the goring Bedsrico in tire
clrild wlro is facing ths spectator a little to the left behind tire Zkrab?
lVlors to tire left, on tire same level, opposite ths dark Heraclitus,
Democritus of ZKbdera, tire learned naturalist, so mistaken b/ his fellow
citizens, tire jo/ous traveller wlro saw onl/ foil/ and not wickedness in
tire ill deeds of men, is leaning against a column and turning over tire
pages of a book. Dis studies related especially to irve sciences, logic,
ph/sics, etlrics, mathematics, and tire arts of the lVluses. De is crowned
with iv/, to remind us, probabl/, that science did not prevent him from
erqo/ing the pleasures of life; and tlrat his practical principle was to
seek for happiness in tire tranguillit/ of tire soul.
lire goring man who is placing Iris hands on tire shoulders of Demo-
critus is certainly one of iris numerous disciples,—possibly hlausiplranes
of leios, subsequent!/ tire master of Bpicurus.
lire old man presenting a clrild to Democritus seems to be an allusion
to tire custom of tire Athenians of asking the opinions of tire philosophers
on the dispositions of their children.
On the upper step we see, in tire 6rst place, some representatives of
the Loplrists, against wlrom Locrates struggled victorious!/ with his
dialectic ethics, lire man Iralf-clothsd hastening from tire left with
' Vasari points out, as Vedsrico cis OonraZa, ths /oun§ man stooping down near
ths §roup of mathematicians. Uris is an evident error, for psderico, Horn in 1500,
was still onl/ a child at tlrs tims of ths execution of ths Lchool of Athens. It was
doubtless ths si^bt of so man/ works of art at R.oms which excited ths enthusiasm of
tks /oun§ duks of Nantua, and induced him to set to work tlrs celebrated Qiulio
ttomano.
Between Heraclitus and B/tlragoras, towards whom Ire is turning tire
philosopher standing arguing on a booh, is Anaxagoras, the friend of
Bericles. Brom his education he belongs to the Ionic school ; but, ns be
was the tlrst to place ths creative spirit of tire world above matter, he
forms tire linh between Heraclitus and B/thagoras, and the connecting
passage between the school of hlthics (LS,xo;) and tire school of Locrates.
Uris is wh/ he is placed immediately below the wise Athenian.
Behind him is standing a handsome goring man, in wlrom Baphael
Iras perpetuated tire features of his Brince Brancesco Maria della Bovsre,
Duke of ldrbino, at that time at Borne. Vasari also notices that
Baplrael granted a similar distinction to tire " prodigal son," Bederico II.
Duke of lVIantua, on!/ ten /ears of age, wlro was also at Borne at this
time. We believe that we ma/ recognise the goring Bedsrico in tire
clrild wlro is facing ths spectator a little to the left behind tire Zkrab?
lVlors to tire left, on tire same level, opposite ths dark Heraclitus,
Democritus of ZKbdera, tire learned naturalist, so mistaken b/ his fellow
citizens, tire jo/ous traveller wlro saw onl/ foil/ and not wickedness in
tire ill deeds of men, is leaning against a column and turning over tire
pages of a book. Dis studies related especially to irve sciences, logic,
ph/sics, etlrics, mathematics, and tire arts of the lVluses. De is crowned
with iv/, to remind us, probabl/, that science did not prevent him from
erqo/ing the pleasures of life; and tlrat his practical principle was to
seek for happiness in tire tranguillit/ of tire soul.
lire goring man who is placing Iris hands on tire shoulders of Demo-
critus is certainly one of iris numerous disciples,—possibly hlausiplranes
of leios, subsequent!/ tire master of Bpicurus.
lire old man presenting a clrild to Democritus seems to be an allusion
to tire custom of tire Athenians of asking the opinions of tire philosophers
on the dispositions of their children.
On the upper step we see, in tire 6rst place, some representatives of
the Loplrists, against wlrom Locrates struggled victorious!/ with his
dialectic ethics, lire man Iralf-clothsd hastening from tire left with
' Vasari points out, as Vedsrico cis OonraZa, ths /oun§ man stooping down near
ths §roup of mathematicians. Uris is an evident error, for psderico, Horn in 1500,
was still onl/ a child at tlrs tims of ths execution of ths Lchool of Athens. It was
doubtless ths si^bt of so man/ works of art at R.oms which excited ths enthusiasm of
tks /oun§ duks of Nantua, and induced him to set to work tlrs celebrated Qiulio
ttomano.