Tormod Posted March 19, 2002 Report Share Posted March 19, 2002 In our March quiz of the month, we ask whether Aristotle actually studied under Plato, or whether he just attended Plato's university. An observant reader says: "Dear SirI took part in your last quiz (a very interesting and tough one) unfortunately I want to point out a possible mistake.In your quiz it is considered correct that Aristotle was a student at Plato's Academy whilst I have always known that Aristotle was,in fact,a student of Plato;he left the academy at Plato's death.I checked more references and they seemed to have the same position:see for example <U>http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aristotl.htm#Life</U>. I witness that firstly I obtained only 11 out of 12 exact results but it was totally unclear to me why,only by pure chance at my third attempt I obtained 12 out of 12. Anyway your site is excellent,I check it every day! Thank you very much. With respect Cristian Lucescu" Now, the source we have used to create the quiz is this page: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Aristotle.html So - is Christian right? We found another page which supported his view at http://www-home.cc.duq.edu/~lampe/GenBio/Lec2/ppframe.htm This may turn out a bit embarrassing...can anyone please confirm our worst suspicions and prove Christian correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 According to my computer's encyclopedia (Encarta 98) Aristotle studied at Plato's academy. He later became a teacher at the academy. In 347 BCE Aristotle left the academy due to Plato's death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Yeah, I found that out eventually...the post was over two years old now, Panda. Thanks for bringing my ignorance to the attention of everyone! Tormod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Martin Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Do I detect a candidate for our new trash bin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted July 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Considering Pands's encyclo is from '98 there is of course a tiny probability that it is wrong. (Yeah, right). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishEyes Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 What I found incredibly impressive is that panda bothered to respond to a 2 year old post that had no other responses. WELCOME, panda!! Love watching you dance. Enjoy your posts so far. Looking forward to learning more about you through your posts. Oh, and just so you know... i LOVE the walrus!! How cute is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Martin Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Cooooo,....cooo,...cachoo...., cucucachoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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