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Why is Aristotle spinning an invisible deck? ๐
It's a reference to Rafael's School of Athens. Plato and Aristotle are in the centre of the painting: Plato is pointing upwards to the realm of ideal forms, and Aristotle is pointing forwards, into the empirical world.
Thanks, I figured there would be some explanation!