Quick Facts Born 428 BCE Athenian Follower of Socrates Opened the Academy in 387 BCE Teacher of Aristotle Died 348 BCE Died in Athens...

One of Plato's most popular philosophical brain teasers begins with the Allegory of the Cave. Below I have given a brief summary of the...

Plato's Academy was a complex composed of buildings, a park, and a gymnasium. Aristotle's Lyceum, which came later, was composed of a...

Q: What is the good life? Aristotle studied a wide plethora of topics; one topic that Aristotle had groundbreaking views on that really...

Quick Facts: Born 384 BCE Macedonian, not Athenian Studied at Plato's Academy in Athens for 20 years, from 367-347 BCE Tutored Alexander...

Aristotle's Lyceum was a complex which included a grove of trees on the outskirts of the city, rather than a fortified building like...