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The Art of Seeing – Explore Works from Philadelphia's Museum of Art and Rodin Museum

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11 Aug 2019 Art / Paintings

Is Man, by Nature, a Violent Being? (A Philosophical Look at Cy Twombly’s 50 Days of Iliam)

Is man, by nature, a violent being? Is he genetically coded towards violence and aggression? Is his drive towards aggression

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Meighan Maley is a Guide at The Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Richard Di Via retired from teaching in 2017 where he taught Eastern & Western Philosophy and the Humanities of European Medieval & Renaissance Culture. He is currently on a leave of absence from the Philadelphia Museum of Art and living in Mexico.

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