Aristotle's Lyceum was a complex which included a grove of trees on the outskirts of the city, rather than a fortified building like Plato's Academy. Similarly, the Lyceum was much less private than the Academy, and Aristotle even hosted lectures that were open to the public. Aristotle was known to walk as he thought, and the ongoing philosophical conversations he engaged in with his students often took place in the grove of trees, rather than an inside room. In fact, Aristotle's followers were given the name 'peripatetics,' which meant the wanderers or to walk.
The Lyceum was founded in 334 BCE when Aristotle was 50 years old. He ran the school for about 11 years, 523 BCE until he fled from Athens. With Aristotle gone, the Lyceum continued to function under Theophrastus, followed by a series of leaders. The Lyceum was destroyed by a Roman leader in 86 BCE, but we can still experience the Lyceum as an archaeological site today.
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