After his father died, Aristotle, age 10, fell under the guardianship of his uncle, who would send him to study under Plato in Athens. Aristotle studied at Plato’s Academy for 20 years where he would graduate and earn a position at the faculty. He took the knowledge he learned from his teacher, Plato, and other philosophers with what he observed in the world. He came to the conclusion that there is a set of natural laws that explain everything about life as well as questioned the needs for the idea of a god. As a result, he became fascinated by the world. However, that knowledge would be wasted inside of only the mind of Aristotle.
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The right man to inherit Aristotle’s knowledge came by in 343 BCE when King Philip II of Macedon called for Aristotle to become a tutor for his son, Alexander. The boy had already been taught how to ride a horse and fight with a sword, but would spend the next three years learning everything Aristotle knows. Alexander discovered his fascination of the world through Aristotle’s passion of the natural world and the two became close friends. Naturally after his father’s passing, Alexander would rise to the throne and set out on his famous conquest, to rule the world. As he ruled new lands, Alexander would not impose the culture of Greece upon his new citizens, but rather introduced them the same way Aristotle would teach him. He would achieve his dreams by conquering the majority of the central world.
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