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This person is the oldest in a series of supposed letters documented in the Arabic manuscript Secret of Secrets. Plutarch hinted that this person engaged in a poisoning plot after a ruler executed this person’s great-nephew Callisthenes. This native of Stagira refused to let Athens “sin twice” and fled to Euboea (“yoo-BEE-ah”) after receiving impiety charges. (-5[1])This person taught that barbarians (-5[1])and slaves were identical (10[1])to a student he took under the patronage of Philip (10[1])II. (10[1])A (10[1])cloister where this person and his students walked lends its name to the (10[1])Peripatetic school he founded at the Lyceum. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name this tutor to Alexander (10[1])the Great, a Greek philosopher who wrote the Nicomachean Ethics. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Aristotle [or Aristotéles]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%82.56
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY888%0%25%82.57
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%50%95.40
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1191%0%27%89.30
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY10100%0%20%95.20
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%60%102.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%38%94.00
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%33%82.25

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Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AGeorgia A54-5
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DVanderbilt B59-5
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CTennessee B6310
Asheton WilbanksClemson AAuburn C7310
Alex WyrickTennessee ASouthern7410
John McqueenSouth Carolina BAlabama A7510
Allen XuGeorgia Tech EFurman8810
Blake EnwillerVanderbilt AAuburn B95-5
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Ethan AltshulEmory ABelmont9510
Will HughesAuburn AClemson B10310
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Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AGeorgia Tech A11410
James ZhaoVanderbilt BGeorgia Tech D1140