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Classical World Figures from Greece in Other
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Alexander the Great
-356–-323
He conquered half the known world before thirty, then died in a palace at thirty-two with no clear heir and no plan for what happened next.
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Aristotle
-384–-322
He was Plato's student and Alexander the Great's teacher — and the ideas he developed in between shaped how the Western world thought for the next two thousand years.
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Plato
-427–-347
He recorded conversations with a man who wrote nothing, and in doing so created texts that shaped Western philosophy for two and a half thousand years.
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Socrates
-470–-399
He never wrote anything down, was put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens, was found guilty, and chose to drink hemlock rather than stop asking questions.
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