Aristotle of Stagira (l. 384-322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher who pioneered systematic, scientific examination in literally every area of human knowledge and was known, in his time, as "the man who knew everything" and later simply as "The Philosopher”, needing no further qualification as his fame was so widespread.
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c. 424 BCE - 423 BCEPlato is born at Athens, Greece.
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399 BCETrial and death of the philosopher Socrates, who taught in the court of the Agora.
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384 BCEBirth of the philosopher Aristotle, tutor to Alexander the Great, in Stagira (Greece).
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384 BCE - 322 BCELife of Aristotle.
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367 BCEAristotle begins studies in Athens at Plato's Academy.
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347 BCEAristotle leaves Athens after Plato's death to pursue his own line of inquiry.
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343 BCEKing Philip II of Macedon summons Aristotle to tutor his young son Alexander (later 'The Great').
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335 BCEAristotle returns to Athens to set up his school, the Lyceum.
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323 BCEAristotle leaves Athens following the death of Alexander the Great.
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322 BCEAristotle dies in Euboea of natural causes.
