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Aristotle is a Macedonian

I am perplexed to see that this article makes no mention that Aristotle was born in Macedonia. His father was a physician to the Macedonian king and upon his fathers death, Aristotle was sent to study in Greece with Plato. I understand there is much strif between modern Greeks and Macedonians about ancient culture in the balkan region today, but we must look at the facts, especially in articles which are being viewed by millions of people. The fact that Aristotle taught another Macedonian, Alexander the Great, makes their relationship a very logical one, especially since Aristotle's father had previously served the Macedonian rulers in the past, it is only fitting that the king of Macedonia, King Philip, would trust Aristotle to teach his son. To the authors of this article, please include this in this article.  

The first sentence of ""Life"" states, correctly, ""Aristotle was born in Stagira in Thrace.""  Chalcidice was part of Thrace in ancient times.  The information about Aristotle's connection to the Macedonian court is abundantly mentioned: in the first sentence of the article, and in the second sentence of ""Life"": ""His parents were Phaestis and Nicomachus, who became physician to King Amyntas of Macedon.""  It looks to me like the article is doing a good job being factual; theories like ""makes their relationship a very logical one"" are in some danger of being original research, though I don't know enough about Aristotle's family to say whether there is meaningful ancient evidence that goes beyond the way the article represents things.  "