Teaching Aristotle

The historical Aristotle was a teacher as well as a philosopher. He tutored students individually and also at a school that he established in Athens called the Lyceum. Many of his surviving philosophical works are understood to be versions of lecture notes from his students or texts that were developed within the context of teaching. Because of their encyclopedic range and systematic style, starting in the Middle Ages, Aristotelian texts were the backbone of school and university curricula across the Middle East and Europe. Within natural philosophy (what we might call science), the Aristotelian framework wasn't displaced until the 17th century, though it persisted even longer. Still today, works by Aristotle are widely taught and studied. The items in this collection highlight students engaging with Aristotle, either by learning from the teacher directly or through the time-honored tradition of working with his texts.

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XO67 Commentarius in IV libros de coelo Aristotelis a Joanne Zorn exceptus

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