Random House Canada, Date: 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. In Excellent Used Condition. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. On The Orders Of His Boyhood Friend, Now King Philip Of Macedon, Aristotle Postpones His Dreams Of Succeeding Plato As Leader Of The Academy In Athens And Reluctantly Arrives In The Macedonian Capital Of Pella To Tutor The King'S Adolescent Sons. An Early Illness Has Left One Son With The Intellect Of A Child; The Other Is Destined For Greatness But Struggles Between A Keen Mind That Craves Instruction And The Pressures Of A Society That Demands His Prowess As A Soldier. Initially Aristotle Hopes For A Short Stay In What He Considers The Brutal Backwater Of His Childhood. But, As A Man Of Relentless Curiosity And Reason, Aristotle Warms To The Challenge Of Instructing His Young Charges, Particularly Alexander, In Whom He Recognizes A Kindred Spirit, An Engaged, Questioning Mind Coupled With A Unique Sense Of Position And Destiny. Aristotle Struggles To Match His Ideas Against The Warrior Culture That Is Alexander'S Birthright. He Feels That Teaching This Startling, Charming, Sometimes Horrifying Boy Is A Desperate Necessity. And That What The Boy - Thrown Before His Time Onto His Father'S Battlefields - Needs Most Is To Learn The Golden Mean, That Elusive Balance Between Extremes That Aristotle Hopes Will Mitigate The Boy'S Will To Conquer. Aristotle Struggles To Inspire Balance In ...

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ISBN10: 0307356205, ISBN13: 9780307356208, [publisher: Random House Canada, Toronto] Hardcover On the orders of his boyhood friend, now King Philip of Macedon, Aristotle postpones his dreams of succeeding Plato as leader of the Academy in Athens and reluctantly arrives in the Macedonian capital of Pella to tutor the kings adolescent sons. An early illness has left one son with the intellect of a child; the other is destined for greatness but struggles between a keen mind that craves instruction and the pressures of a society that demands his prowess as a soldier. Initially Aristotle hopes for a short stay in what he considers the brutal backwater of his childhood. But, as a man of relentless curiosity and reason, Aristotle warms to the challenge of instructing his young charges, particularly Alexander, in whom he recognizes a kindred spirit, an engaged, questioning mind coupled with a unique sense of position and destiny. Aristotle struggles to match his ideas against the warrior culture that is Alexanders birthright. He feels that teaching this startling, charming, sometimes horrifying boy is a desperate necessity. And that what the boy thrown before his time onto his fathers battlefields needs most is to learn the golden mean, that elusive balance between extremes that Aristotle hopes will mitigate the boys will to conquer. Aristotle struggles to inspire balance in Alexander, and he finds he must also play a cat-and-mouse game of power and influence with Philip in ...

Toronto: Random House Canada, Date: 2009 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed.. On the orders of his boyhood friend, now King Philip of Macedon, Aristotle postpones his dreams of succeeding Plato as leader of the Academy in Athens and reluctantly arrives in the Macedonian capital of Pella to tutor the kings adolescent sons. An early illness has left one son with the intellect of a child; the other is destined for greatness but struggles between a keen mind that craves instruction and the pressures of a society that demands his prowess as a soldier. Initially Aristotle hopes for a short stay in what he considers the brutal backwater of his childhood. But, as a man of relentless curiosity and reason, Aristotle warms to the challenge of instructing his young charges, particularly Alexander, in whom he recognizes a kindred spirit, an engaged, questioning mind coupled with a unique sense of position and destiny. Aristotle struggles to match his ideas against the warrior culture that is Alexanders birthright. He feels that teaching this startling, charming, sometimes horrifying boy is a desperate necessity. And that what the boy thrown before his time onto his fathers battlefields needs most is to learn the golden mean, that elusive balance between extremes that Aristotle hopes will mitigate the boys will to conquer. Aristotle struggles to inspire balance in Alexander, and he finds he must also play a cat-and-mouse game of power and influence with Philip in order to manage his ...

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