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Episode 18: Aristotle, Plato's Other Student
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Length:
78 minutes
Released:
Jun 15, 2022
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Description
Two of Plato's students were notable astronomers. We looked at one of them, Eudoxus, in the last two episodes. In this episode we turn to Plato's other student, Aristotle. Aristotle embellished Eudoxus's model of planetary motion, but also developed a comprehensive physics and cosmology that ultimately became the standard model of the universe during the High Middle Ages.
Released:
Jun 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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