7/6/2023 0 Comments Aristotle metaphysics lambda![]() ![]() ![]() At the invitation of his friend Hermeas, ruler of Atarneus and Assos in Mysia, Aristotle left for his court. But his divergence from Plato’s teaching was too great to make this possible, and Plato’s nephew Speusippus was chosen instead. At the death of Plato in 347, the pre-eminent ability of Aristotle would seem to have designated him to succeed to the leadership of the Academy. In the later years of his association with Plato and the Academy he began to lecture on his own account, especially on the subject of rhetoric. He joined the Academy and studied under Plato, attending his lectures for a period of twenty years. At age 17 his guardian, Proxenus, sent him to Athens, the intellectual centre of the world, to complete his education. While he was still a boy his father died. His father Nichomachus was court physician to King Amyntas of Macedonia, and from this began Aristotle’s long association with the Macedonian Court, which considerably influenced his life. Aristotle was born in 384 BCE at Stagirus, a now extinct Greek colony and seaport on the coast of Thrace. ![]()
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