ABSTRACT
Aristotle’s father, Nicomachus, was physician to the Macedonian king Amyntas II. At age 17, Aristotle went to Athens to study at the Academy of Plato, a leading Athenian philosopher.
Aristotle remained at the Academy until Plato’s death in 347 b.c.e. In 338 b.c.e., Aristotle returned to Macedonia to tutor the young Alexander. Four
years later, he founded his own institution in Athens, the Lyceum, informally known as the Peripatetic School because Aristotle often conducted lectures while walking through the garden. His teaching library, with its collection of maps, manuscripts, and artifacts, became a model for libraries elsewhere.
