Lyceum of Aristotle

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ancient Greek educational institution gymnasium philosophical school

The Lyceum of Aristotle was an influential philosophical school in ancient Athens where Aristotle taught and developed many foundational ideas in logic, science, and metaphysics.

Aliases (2)

Lyceum ×5
Lyceum in Athens ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek educational institution → gymnasium → philosophical school →
archaeologicalSite	Athens Lyceum archaeological park →
associatedWith	Aristotelian philosophy → Peripatetic school →
country	Greece →
dedicatedTo	Apollo Lyceus →
fieldOfWork	biology → ethics → logic → metaphysics → natural philosophy → poetics → political philosophy → rhetoric →
foundedBy	Aristotle →
foundedInPeriod	Classical Greece →
hasPart	collection of maps → covered colonnades → gardens → lecture areas → library → walkways →
heritageDesignation	archaeological site of Greece →
inception	4th century BCE →
influenced	Hellenistic philosophy → Western philosophy → medieval scholasticism →
locatedIn	Ancient Greece → Athens → Attica →
namedAfter	Apollo Lyceus →
notableStudent	Demetrius of Phalerum → Eudemus of Rhodes → Strato of Lampsacus → Theophrastus →
notableTeacher	Aristotle → Theophrastus →
partOf	Athenian gymnasia →
rediscoveredIn	1996 →
successorSchoolHead	Strato of Lampsacus → Theophrastus →
teachingMethod	peripatetic walking lectures →
usedFor	collection of biological specimens → peripatetic philosophy → philosophical teaching → public lectures → scientific research →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Menander ("Lyceum") →	educatedAt
Aristotle ("Lyceum") →	founded
Classical Greek philosophy →	hasCenter
Peripatetic school ("Lyceum in Athens") →	headquarters
Peripatetic school ("Lyceum") →	locatedIn
Euthydemus ("Lyceum") →	setting
Euthydemus ("Lyceum") →	settingLocation