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Jiang allows an alternate possibility that Aristotle was simply a smart student of Plato and later became a convenient symbol of Macedonian cultural superiority after Alexander's conquests.
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Macedonian Cultural Superiority
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...generals conquered the world, they needed, like, a symbol of Macedonian cultural superiority. And they just decided upon Aristotle because it was most convenient."
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"...generals conquered the world, they needed, like, a symbol of Macedonian cultural superiority. And they just decided upon Aristotle because it was most convenient."
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Aristotle is not treated here as the solitary genius behind Western reason.
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