One of the most intriguing snippets of information we have about classical antiquity is that one of the world’s greatest philosophers, Aristotle, spent a few years of his life tutoring a teenage boy who would become one of the world’s greatest military leaders, Alexander the Great. Beyond that, we are almost entirely in the dark as to how the two…
Thomas M. Robinson
Thomas M. Robinson is professor emeritus of philosophy and classics at the University of Toronto. In 1998 he was a recipient of the Aristotle Award.