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wherew;,h hehere stands accused 4 sum-
ary ct the most remarkable facts 10 the HE
Isof lhis great man, will be che best retutatl-
on Of these caluAnics.
Aristotle was born in the hrat year OF the
ee,h Olgmpiad, in Stagyra, city on the
coast of Thrace, in the neignborhood OF
Mount Athos, upon the Strymonck Gulph
(64l. He lost his parcnls,rlrom whomzhe
inherited alarge fortuns, almost IN hls
childhood, and was brought UP by Proxe-
nus Of Atarneus, city of Mysla, opposite
the island Of Lesbos (65].
The care which Proxcaus bestowed nP.
on his educaslon seems TO have made last
ine impression on Aristotle, in whose cha.
racter gratitude formeda predominant tea
ture. He not only. honorcd the memory OF
the guardian ofhis youth with statue, but
he instructed his son kcanor IN the liberal
sciences. adopted him, and with his estate,
beqaeayhsd 10 him his daughter pythias.
(o6).
AT the age of seventeen Aristotle went
TO Athens, attracted by the lave OF learn
ING, and the desire ofhearing Plato 10 the
academy, the best school of science as wei
as morals then existing in the world (o7}.
Being recommended TO Plato, be became
his disciple, and lived with him twenty
years; even until his death (68). The pre-.
ceptor appears 10 have very early noticed
his talents, and 10 have esteemed him high
". The powers of the young Aristotle
mind were such, thar he was wont 70 call
hn " The soul of the school" (69): and
and when he CHANGED not to be present at
any of his lectures, would say ''thc philo-
sopher of truths absent" [7ol Such 100
was the nnexamplsd industry of Aristotle,
in perusing and copying manuscripts, thss
Plato, from this circumstance, would frs-'
qusntly call his own house, "the house "a
the great reader" and would eften say
..let US go 10 the great readers house. n !
Soon after Plato's death, Aristotle, in
testimony of the extraordinary affection he
bore him, erected monument TO HE me-
mory, with the following inscription.
TO Plates f.csed name this tomb is reai'd,
a name by AriaotIe, long reverb:
Far hence, ye vulgar herd. nor dare to fain
With imp.ous psaiie, tkis ever. haltow'd fate.
But besides this mark of respect for his
memory, he speaks of him in some oi his
latest writings, with degree Of sespeetap-
preaching 80 reverence; he composed also,
an Grafton in his praise, which comprehend.
ed an account of his life; and he highly
sxtol!ed him in his elegies toEudemus [72l
Platu died IN the FIRST year of the 1OSth
Olympiad, Aristotle being then thirty-se-
sea years of age. After the death Of him
whose fame had drawn him to Athens, he
returned TO AteTneus, the city In which he
had spent the happy years of his youth, IN
der the kind protection Of Proxenus. (7S)
Atarneus and Assus were then govern
ed, 10 the language OF those days, by the
tytaat Hermias, who had been the sfellow
disciple of Aristotle under Plato, and VINO
had particular esteem for him. which time
! cemenssd INFO uual,efable friendship. --
| Hermias received him with-syery tessmo-
ny of love and respect CA. Here he re-
mainrd shree years, prosecuting his philo-
soph;csl researches. At The close Of this
his. fellow student and sovereign. was de-
prived of his crown, by the perGdv of Wen
tor, Greek in the service of ArtaxerSes,
and hanged, as trailer, by order Of that
prince.
To avoid the Punishment that fell en- the
ambition of mis- friend, Aristotle, by a ssa.
sonable fight, escaped TO the isle Of L. s.
Dos, wi,h Py,hias, the kinswoman, or, ac-
cosdiGg to some, the sister Of Her
! nlias. woman Of extraordinary yiftue, ans
the adopted heiress of the king of assps
aad Atarneus, now reduced to peverty and
distress.
Aristotle placed s,a,ueofhis fei4ud IN
the ,empie OF Delphos, and married Pylai.
as, who died soon after leaving him an IN
fant daughter, whom he named after be-
loved wife, who had repaid his lection
| with the most tender sensibiliiy. 1t