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Founders Notes: Alexander The Great

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Alexander the Great Arrian Alexander the Great was driven by an intense desire for fame, a relentless ambition, and a deep admiration for excellence, which, combined with his education under Aristotle and his emulation of heroic ideals, led him to pursue glory through hardship, conquest, and bold leadership. His extraordinary achievements, endurance, and complex character made him a legendary figure whose empire and myth outlived his short but remarkable life. His passionate desire for fame implanted in him a pride and a grandeur of vision which went far beyond his years. (Page 4) He had no desire to inherit a kingdom which offered him riches, luxuries and the pleasures of the senses: his choice was a life of struggle, of wars and of unrelenting ambition. (Page 5) NOTE Unrelenting ambition Philip had noticed that his son was self-willed, and that while it was very difficult to influence him by force, he could easily be guided towards his duty by an appeal to reason, and he therefore made a point of trying to persuade the boy rather than giving him orders. Besides this he considered that the task of training and educating his son was too important to be entrusted to the ordinary run

Alexander the Great Arrian Alexander the Great was driven by an intense desire for fame, a relentless ambition, and a deep admiration for excellence, which, combined with his education under Aristotle and his emulation of heroic ideals, led him to pursue glory through hardship, conquest, and bold leadership. His extraordinary achievements, endurance, and complex character made him a legendary figure whose empire and myth outlived his short but remarkable life. His passionate desire for fame implanted in him a pride and a grandeur of vision which went far beyond his years. (Page 4) He had…

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