Cogito et scio invicem . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                     Aristotle's Academe: The Lyceum

  The Lyceum, the school founded by Aristotle, is where he taught a comprehensive program of subjects: philosophy, logic, astronomy, physics, biology, meteorology, poetry, drama, ethics, politics,  psychology, and economics.  Modern universities are the result of the continuation of the tradition started by Aristotle's Lyceum in teaching such a broad range of subjects.  The first university in our history, however, is the Academy of Plato.  Plato founded this school on the behalf of teaching philosophy; the teaching for his students began with mathematics.  When Plato died, his successor as head of the Academy became his nephew, not Aristotle, yet Aristotle had been a prominent student at the Academy.

                                                                         

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