Athens schools: other student

Raphael has followed his mother, very boring because he studied philosophy and hated the art history and generally the art, actually he doesn’t bores the painting, sculpture and architecture; but that day was birth of his mom and he has accepted of accompany her to Vatican Museum; he known perfectly that his mother would be stay there ores, but he would have bear; in front of Athens school, of Raffaello(1483-1520), he stayed in front the frescos and he asked to his mother who was the philosophers, this is, where was Plato and Aristotle and other; he asked it while he gazed the frescos, but he turned toward his mother and he seen a figure dressed with a chiton and he very amazing asked to this guy: “Excuse me but…”, and the guy shut immediately him, and he indicated a figure bearded that going in school and the man with bearded indicated toward the sky and spoke to other figure, to beside, that indicate with open hand the word; Raphael asked, when the bearded has finished his discourse: “Excuse me, where we are?”, the guy gazed him and: “In Athens school”, and Raphael: “But in what year”, and guy: “Every year, you little time ago was there”, and he indicated the space out the fresco where Raphael seen his mother, and he called insistently, until the guy: “She can’t hear you, therefore quit now because you must hear the Socrates that is there”, and he indicated  the left of room, where a man with beard, as philosopher in ancient Greek, the spoken to a group, Raphael approached to Socrates, and he gazed the face of philosopher because this face remembered that of his father, that was died when he was 15 old, that he remembered very good, anyway he was involved from discourse of Socrates, above all when a young, whose name was Antisthenes, asked to him: “What is secret of your philosophy and your knowledge?”, and Socrates: “My secret is the logic, elementary logic, I find the illogic contradictions in other thinks and ask why? It is motive of hate the Sophist and other, because I want to aid to search your truth, but a truth that is logic, major my teaching is the logic; I proof the my knowledge through the logic and show the irrational thinks of other, in fact after they accused me…”, and Antisthenes: “In fact after you has had condemned to capital sentence”, Socrates smiled and: “No, it isn’t motive, the principal cause was the politic action, because the Athens people have to find his calm, whereby somebody have to die, and Socrates, although innocent have to die, so that Athens was calm and riotous, it politic dear Antisthenes”. Raphael turned toward the staircase, and he seen a man that was seat there, and he asked to guy: “Who is there?” and the guy: “Heraclitus”, and Raphael: “can I speck to him?” and guy: “Certainly, I will arise you to him”, and the guy anticipated Raphael, and after the same beckon to Raphael, he very soon approached to Heraclitus and asked: “Good morning I am…”, and Heraclitus: “I know you perfectly, and good morning in this time but very soon you have to good afternoon and good night”, and Raphael: “Yes it is the teaching of Heraclitus, this is you, panta rey, everything passes”, and Heraclitus. “Good, you have studied well my think, and Paul, because his name is Paul”, he indicated the guy: “has said me that you are a student of philosophy”, and Raphael noted and: “You have the contribute very much to…”, and the guy interrupted because a voice of woman called Paul, and the Paul took the hand of Raphael and: “We must go out”, and Raphael asked: “What, why?” and Paul: “Because mom called both, this is me and you”, Raphael looked the Heraclitus that beckoned to go away and he added: “Because she is very boring when is time of dinner”, Raphael seen and he asked herself what was the motive. He come to the voice and he met his mother, he goggle your eyes and: “Why are you here?”, and Laura, it was the name: “Because I have searched you in every corner of museum and after your father has said that you was here”, and Raphael: “But dad is died and Paul: “Out here I am died, but in this school I am very life”, and he indicated to Laura and Raphael the exit, and Raphael: “When can I meet you again?”, and Paul: “Tomorrow, because you have to follow the Aristotle’s lesson”.

Alessandro Lusana