What makes this painting a monument to Western culture?

"The central problem of Western civilization is reduced to one guy who’s got to puzzle it out for himself."

"The central problem of Western civilization is reduced to one guy who’s got to puzzle it out for himself."

Curator Walter Liedtke on "Aristotle with a Bust of Homer" by Rembrandt.

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Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1653