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Foundations of knowledge Born in Stagira, Greece, in 384 bce, Aristotle enrolled at Plato’s prestigious Academy in Athens as a teenager. He spent almost TWO DECADES STUDYING philosophy, science, and logic. Equipped with a wealth of knowledge, Aristotle travelled to Macedonia in 342 bce and became a tutor. His student Alexander the Great later created the biggest empire ever seen.
Who came before… Born in 624 bce, Thales of MileTus is often called the world’s first scientist. He believed that water was the original material of everything. 8
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Aristotle was the first to recognize that whales and dolphins do not belong to the fish family.
Philosopher socraTes was born in Athens, Greece, in 470 bce. He believed that the way to achieve true wisdom was to question the things we think we know, favouring this method over standard lectures.
