Aristotle : his life and school / Carlo Natali ; edited by D.S. Hutchinson.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction (1990) -- The biography of Aristotle: facts, hypotheses, conjectures : Many facts, not all of equal interest ; Stragira ; A family of notables ; A provincial pupil ; A sudden interruption ; At the courts of princes and kings ; Atarneus ; Macedonia ; The adventure of Callisthenes ; Athens revisited ; Trial and flight ; From traditional customs, a new model -- Institutio

The author tells the story of Aristotle's eventful life and sheds new light on his role in the foundation of the Lyceum.

"This definitive biography shows that Aristotle's philosophy is best understood on the basis of a firm knowledge of his life and of the school he founded. First published in Italian, and now translated, updated, and expanded for English readers, this concise chronological narrative is the most authoritative account of Aristotle's life and his Lyceum available in any language. Gathering, distilling, and analyzing all the evidence and previous scholarship, Carlo Natali, one of the world's leading Aristotle scholars, provides a masterful synthesis that is accessible to students yet filled with evidence and original interpretations that specialists will find informative and provocative. Cutting through the controversy and confusion that have surrounded Aristotle's biography, Natali tells the story of Aristotle's eventful life and sheds new light on his role in the foundation of the Lyceum. Natali offers the most detailed and persuasive argument yet for the view that the school, an important institution of higher learning and scientific research, was designed to foster a new intellectual way of life among Aristotle's followers, helping them fulfill an aristocratic ideal of the best way to use the leisure they enjoyed. Drawing a wealth of connections between Aristotle's life and thinking, Natali demonstrates how the two are mutually illuminating." -- Publisher's description.