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Aristotle's Lyceum: The Peripatetic School
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Episode Aristotle's Lyceum: The Peripatetic School
In this episode, Lucas and Luna step away from the shadow of Socrates and Plato to walk the shaded walkways of the Lyceum, where Aristotle built something entirely new: a research institution. They trace Aristotle's journey from Stagira to Plato's Academy, his time tutoring a young Alexander of Macedon, and his return to Athens to found his own school in 335 BCE. The conversation explores the Peripatetic method—teaching while walking—and the school's groundbreaking empirical bent, from collecting political constitutions to dissecting marine life. They also unpack the legacy of Aristotle's library, which survived a chaotic journey through a cellar in Skepsis and eventually shaped the great medieval universities. Along the way, they touch on Theophrastus, the Lyceum's second head, and the mysterious loss of Aristotle's more esoteric works. This episode offers a vivid portrait of a man who tried to systematize all knowledge, and the institution that carried his ambition forward.
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