| Administrative History | Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. at Stageira in Chalcidice, Greece, and was a pupil of Plato in Athens from 367 to 347 B.C., when Plato died. He moved to Assos to join a small community of philosophers who followed the Athenian Academy. Aristotle remained there, teaching and writing, until 344 when he moved to Mytilene to continue teaching. The following year he was invited by Philip of Macedon (382 - 336 B.C.) to be tutor to his son, later Alexander the Great (356 - 323 B.C). He married the daughter of the prince of Atarneus and when Alexander went on campaign to Asia in 335 Aristotle returned to Athens and founded the Peripatetic School of Philosophy. He also formed a library and a museum, possibly with Alexander’s assistance. He left Athens for political reasons in 323 and died in 322. His 'Physics' formed part of the second year MA course at King's College, Aberdeen. |
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