Excerpt from Quintus Curtius Rufus, Book VII, (Chaps. IX-XIV)Of the personal inuences which affected his early wears these three were the most potent. No one )f course can undertake at this distance of time to give any detailed account of what it was that Alexander learnt from Aristotle; but the fact that he greatest man of action in the ancient world was he pupil of its greatest thinker will always remain me of the most suggestive coincidences in History.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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