aristotle
... studies which probably influenced his hands-on approach to philosophy. At the age of seventeen, Aristotle’s parents died and he travelled to Athens Greece to study in Plato’s academy where he received great recognition for his above average abilities. Aristotle stayed and studied with Plato until 374 B.C when Plato died. At this time, Aristotle travelled to the Eastern Agean and became a political advisor to Hermeias and married his niece Pytheias. When Hermeias was executed for offending the Persian king, Aristotle and his wife fled to escape the same fate. In the year 343 BC Aristotle’s childhood friend Phillip was now king of Macedonia and Aristotle was invited to tutor his son Alexander. A little later, with the help of Alexander, Aristotle o...