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Aristotle, aged about seventeen, joins Plato's Academy

c. 367 BCE, Athens. An event.

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c. 367 BCEAthens

about 2,392 years ago

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A young man from Stagira comes to Athens to study with Plato, and stays about twenty years.

He attached himself to Plato and resided with him twenty years, having become his pupil at the age of seventeen.

Diogenes Laertius 5.9Translated by R. D. Hicks (1925)Read the full passage (Diogenes Laertius 5.9, opens scaife.perseus.org)

Background: Aristotle, Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)

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