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Aristotle, born in 384 B.C.E. in Stagirus, was raised by a guardian after losing both parents early in life and later studied at Plato's Academy for 20 years. He became a tutor to Alexander the Great and established his own school, the Lyceum, where he taught for 13 years. Following Alexander's death, he faced charges of impiety and fled to Chalcis, where he died in 322 B.C.E.

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Aesthetic

Aristotle, born in 384 B.C.E. in Stagirus, was raised by a guardian after losing both parents early in life and later studied at Plato's Academy for 20 years. He became a tutor to Alexander the Great and established his own school, the Lyceum, where he taught for 13 years. Following Alexander's death, he faced charges of impiety and fled to Chalcis, where he died in 322 B.C.E.

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ARISTOTLE (384 b.c.e.–322 b.c.e.

) Aristotle was born in Stagirus (Stagira) in


northern Greece. His father was
the personal physician of the King of Macedonia. Because his father died when
Aristotle was young, Aristotle
could not follow the custom of following his father’s profession. Aristotle became
an orphan at a young age
when his mother also died. His guardian who raised him taught him poetry, rhetoric,
and Greek. At the age of
17, his guardian sent him to Athens to further his education. Aristotle joined
Plato’s Academy, where for 20
years he attended Plato’s lectures, later presenting his own lectures on rhetoric.
When Plato died in 347 B.C.E.,
Aristotle was not chosen to succeed him because his views differed too much from
those of Plato. Instead,
Aristotle joined the court of King Hermeas where he remained for three years, and
married the niece of the
King. When the Persians defeated Hermeas, Aristotle moved to Mytilene and, at the
invitation of King Philip
of Macedonia, he tutored Alexander, Philip’s son, who later became Alexander the
Great. Aristotle tutored Alexander for five years
and after the death of King Philip, he returned to Athens and set up his own
school, called the Lyceum.
Aristotle’s followers were called the peripatetics, which means “to walk about,”
because Aristotle often walked around as he
discussed philosophical questions. Aristotle taught at the Lyceum for 13 years
where he lectured to his advanced students in the
morning and gave popular lectures to a broad audience in the evening. When
Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C.E., a backlash against
anything related to Alexander led to trumped-up charges of impiety against
Aristotle. Aristotle fled to Chalcis to avoid prosecution.
He only lived one year in Chalcis, dying of a stomach ailment in 322 B.C.E

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