1. Mrs. Stein English APLC 3 rd Period 2/24/2012 THINKING?

2. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

3. What do you notice in particular and why?

4. I noticed that the statue of the man is completely naked this symbolizes man in his most primative state showing that man has been thinking since its on creation.

5. LOGOS?

6. Logos? Thinking is a natural part of life because if we could not think then we would be no different than a common animal.

7. PATHOS?

8. Pathos? Our emotions can get caught into our train of thought which is effected by how we feel.

9. ETHOS?

10. Ethos? We all think regardless of if it has to do with our emotions, logic, or complex philosophy.

11. THE ARTIST ORIGINALLY INTENTIONS ON CREATING THIS STATUE

12. Auguste Rodin The artist original intentions was to create the image of Dante while he was contemplating about his poem “The Divine Comedy” but his sculpture has been portrayed as mans thoughts of philosophy.

13. Citations http://www.rodinmuseum.org/ www.statue.com/site/the-thinker-statue.htmlCached