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Founders Notes: Alexander The Great

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Alexander the Great Arrian 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 of teachers. (Page 7) NOTE Philip hires Aristotle to teach Alexander And so Philip sent for Aristotle, the most famous and learned of the philosophers of his time, and rewarded him with the generosity that his reputation deserved. (Page 7) It seems clear too that Alexander was instructed by his teacher not only in the principles of ethics and politics, but also in those secret and more esoteric studies which philosophers do not impar

Alexander the Great Arrian 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…

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