Fall Asleep to the Life of Aristotle, the Teacher of Alexander the Great | Full Documentary

He was a doctor's son from a small town above the sea, who came to Athens at seventeen, sat at Plato's feet for twenty years, waded into a lagoon to ask fishermen about the octopus, and taught a boy who would become Alexander the Great. Then he set out to understand everything. In this calm, full-length Aristotle documentary for sleep, follow his life from Stagira in the north of Greece to Plato's Academy, the court of Hermias at Assos, the quiet lagoon of Lesbos where biology was born, the Precinct of the Nymphs where he taught the young Alexander, the covered walks of the Lyceum, and his last year beside the restless strait at Chalcis — and the long journey of his books through Rome, Baghdad and the monasteries of Europe. The story is drawn from Aristotle's own works, the ancient Lives and Plutarch, and the standard modern biographies. Where a tale is only a legend, the narration says so. Perfect for lovers of philosophy, ancient Greece, Plato and Socrates, Alexander the Great, history for sleep, and relaxing documentaries to fall asleep to. Chapters 0:00:00 Welcome 0:07:48 Stagira 0:15:40 Seventeen 0:23:26 The Reader 0:31:36 Across the Sea 0:39:18 The Lagoon of Lesbos 0:47:03 The Precinct of the Nymphs 0:54:55 A King at Twenty 1:02:26 The Lyceum 1:10:54 All Men Desire to Know 1:19:01 The Good Life 1:27:03 The City and the Stage 1:35:17 Far Away in Asia 1:43:01 Twice Against Philosophy 1:50:25 The Master of Those Who Know If these quiet evenings are a comfort to you, you are welcome to subscribe, and to tell us in the comments where you are listening from and whose life you would like to hear next. #aristotle #philosophy #historyforsleep #biographyforsleep #sleepdocumentary #ancientgreece