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POLITICS POETICS

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Aristotle was born of Greek parentage in 384 B.C., at stagira, a small town in chalcidice, the peninsular section of Macedonia on the upper Agean, or Thracian, Sea. Because of the birthplace he frequently was called the Stagirite. Aristotle's scientific and philosophical inclinations were largely determined by three prominent foactors in his life. First, his father, Nicomachus, a member of the medical guild of the Asclepiadae, was the physician of Amyntas II at Pella, capital of Macedonia; through him Aristotle acquired an interest in biology and the scientific procedures of his age. Second, at the age of 17,Aristotle became a pupil of Plato at the academy in Athens; relationship was important in the development of Aristotle's concern for ethic, aesthetic, and early Greek philosophy. Third, Aristotle's interest in zoology and botany, as well as in the constitution and forms of government in Greek states, was intensified by his association with Alexander the Great. There is reason to believe that, as tutor to Alexander, he composed at least two treaties on political science for the instruction of the thirteen-year-old prince. Subsequently, it said, Alexander endowed Aristotle's library and museum at Athens and gave official encouragement to the collection of zoological and botanical specimens from the eastern Mediterranean for the museum and for research activities.

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102 ARI p

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New York : Grolier., 1958

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xxvi; p.366; 24 cm

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Indonesia

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717200019

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Miscellany of Philosophy/Aneka Ragam ten

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Cet.1

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Sastra Yunani

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