The thinker, is a bronze sculpture made by Auguste Rodin. The thinker was created in 1902. Rodin first conceived the sculpture "the Gates of Hell" which was commissioned in 1880. It is located in the Rodin Museum. The sculpture shows a nude man figure of a life size sitting on a rock with his chin on one hand as if he was thinking or in thought. The thinker has been entitled as the poet. The sculpture represents Dante, who is the author of the Divine Comedy. The sculpture shows Dante observing the circles of hell, while he is meditating about his work. The sculpture represents philosophy.
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