yaron wrote: Other than the reference to eyesight, these two verses are not even connected
*That Yaron fella is on to us and our evil conspiracy, we better talk about Aristotle to trick his mind*
I am not entirely sure why the reference to sight is not enough. Ancient Greek philosophy is filled with references to eysight as a figure/trope related to reason. 'The decision [of the virtuous person] rests with perception', Aristotle says in a passage from the Nicomachean Ethics. What he means, I believe, is that the virtuous person 'sees' what is right or wrong to do, believe or feel. This is not the actual (physical) seeing of rightness and wrongness, but more like 'the mind's eye'. But people do tend to talk about this as a kind of 'perceptual capacity'. (References can be given if needed.)
So this is, in a sense (no pun intended!), enough at least to merit some kind of connection between the verses here, i.e., that there is a long and established tradition of using these figues/tropes and that this language can be found almost everywhere, including Scripture. Whether it fits the card or whether the artist had anything like this in mind... Well, maybe there will be an answer soon 
*And the enlightened shall prevail*
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