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Aristotle's Lyceum: The Walking School That Classified Everything
While Plato's Academy taught eternal Forms, Aristotle's Lyceum was all about getting your hands dirty — dissecting octopuses, classifying 158 Athenian constitutions, and defining happiness itself. In this episode, Lucas and Luna walk through the Peripatos, meet Theophrastus and his botanical legacy, and explore how Alexander the Great funded his teacher's empire of knowledge. From the library that rivaled Alexandria to the scandal of Athenians losing their exclusive citizenship, we see why Aristotle's pragmatic, systematic genius shaped Western thought for two millennia…
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