Philosophical Dictionary
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The Plato and Aristotle Split Screen Meme, Explained Through the School of Athens
By Markus Uehleke
In the split screen meme, Plato sits high and Aristotle sits on the floor, cardboard between their halves of the TV. The joke goes back to Raphael’s School of Athens in the Vatican and two hand gestures. Behind them is a 2,300-year argument about Forms, property and ethics. Who won, and was Plato even Plato?