Aristotle (384 -322 BC)
ARISTOTLE'S LIFE
Aristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist, is one of the most famous of ancient
philosophers. He was born in Stagira, Greece to a physician to the royal court.
When he became eighteen, Aristotle entered Plato's School in Athens and remained
at this academy for twenty years, as a student and then as a teacher. He was
recognized as the Academy's brightest and was given the title of "The
Intelligence of the School". When Plato died in 347 BC, Aristotle left Athens
and joined a group of disciples of Plato, with his friend Hermias. Hermias
became ruler of a city called Assos, a city in Asia Minor. Aristotle married
Hermias' adopted daughter, Pythias. In 343 or 342 BC, Philip II, king of
Macedonia, told Aristotle to supervise the education of his son, Alexander
(later known as "Alexander the Great"). He taught him until 336 BC, when
Alexander became the ruler of Macedonia. Alexander the Great later became the
ruler of all Greece, and......
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