WORLD HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which philosopher was a tutor for Alexander the Great when he was a boy?
A
Aristotle
B
Plato
C
Socrates
D
Sappho
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Aristotle, Greek Aristoteles was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, one of the greatest intellectual figures of Western history. He was the the tutor of Alexander the Great.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 343 or 342 Aristotle was summoned by Philip II to the Macedonian capital at Pella to act as tutor to Philip’s 13-year-old son, the future Alexander the Great.

Detailed explanation-3: -His father Nichomachus served as a physician to Amyntas II, the King of Macedon, who was the father of Philip II; Aristotle later became the tutor of Philip’s son, Alexander the Great. Born in Stageira in the north of Greece, Aristotle moved to Athens at the age of seventeen and became a student of Plato.

Detailed explanation-4: -348 BCE) and Aristotle (384–322 BCE) are generally regarded as the two greatest figures of Western philosophy. For some 20 years Aristotle was Plato’s student and colleague at the Academy in Athens, an institution for philosophical, scientific, and mathematical research and teaching founded by Plato in the 380s.

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