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Which future conqueror did Aristotle tutor?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What sea animal did Aristotle say feeds its young on milk?

    Answer: Dolphin

    Why: A dolphin trapped in a net soon suffocates, Aristotle noted, because it must come up to breathe air.

  2. 2 Medium

    Why did Aristotle think we have a brain?

    Answer: To cool the blood

    Why: For Aristotle the senses met in the heart; the brain's main task was to temper its heat.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which animal did Aristotle say only seems to be both sexes?

    Answer: Hyena

    Why: Aristotle traced the myth to a look-alike mark under the tail that male and female hyenas both carry.

  4. 4 Easy

    What did Aristotle see as the highest human good?

    Answer: Happiness

    Why: Virtue alone fell short for Aristotle, since a person could possess it while asleep or idle for a whole lifetime.

  5. 5 Medium

    What did Aristotle compare the mind to before it thinks?

    Answer: A blank tablet

    Why: In Latin the idea became tabula rasa, after Roman wax writing tablets that were smoothed blank for reuse.

  6. 6 Hard

    Where did Aristotle think comets burn?

    Answer: In the upper air

    Why: Tycho Brahe's measurements of the great comet of 1577 placed it far beyond the Moon, overturning that view.

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