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Aristotle's Metaphysics And Alexander The Great
Aristotle published Metaphysics and Alexander the Great was not content with him doing so. Alexander believed that by publishing the book, Aristotle believed that he was uncovering all the secrets to the masses. Alexander thought that knowing the secrets of metaphysical knowledge was what made him unique, and is should not have made its way to the light and everyone’s acknowledgement. Based on the reading of “The Metaphysics,” I believe Alexander the Great was upset at the fact that Aristotle wrote in the book about the knowledge of wisdom. Alexander The Great didn’t want people wondering what type of knowledge could possibly contributes to wisdom. Aristotle wrote that knowledge of everything is as far as possible requiring knowing what

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