Aristotle, Athens, and Alexander the Great - Philosophers in the Midst of History

Request personal videos on Cameo - https://www.cameo.com/gregorybsadler Get Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics - http://amzn.to/2g9t0UU Support my work here -   / sadler   or here - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM Philosophy tutorials - https://reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori... Take classes with me - https://reasonio.teachable.com/ This is the first in a new series of quarterly lectures and discussions, focused on understanding philosophers within their historical context, hosted by the Frank Weyenberg Library (in Mequon, WI). This talk focuses on the interconnections between the philosopher Aristotle, the city of Athens, and the Macedonian king Alexander the Great. In the course of the talk, I discuss Aristotle's connections with the Macedonian regime, his studies in Athens at Plato's Academy, his tutelage of a young Alexander, Alexander's military campaigns and cultural project, and the effects of Alexander's demise for Aristotle in Athens. The intro music for this is Antonin Dvorak, Czech Suite, Op. 39 - I. Praeludium, and is available in the public domain at https://musopen.org/music/2116/antoni...