Question

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 and slaves were identical to a student he took under the patronage of Philip II. (10[1])A cloister (10[1])where this person and his students walked lends its name (10[1])to the (-5[1])Peripatetic school he founded at the Lyceum. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this tutor (10[1])to Alexander (10[1])the (10[1])Great, a Greek philosopher who wrote the Nicomachean Ethics. ■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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham ABard A (UG)54-5
Albert Zeng (DII)Penn B (DII)Maryland B (DII)7410
Alex Wong (DII)Rutgers A (UG)NYU A (UG)7610
Elijah Scheinson (UG)Columbia A (UG)Princeton A (UG)8610
Neilesh Shroti (UG)Columbia BNYU B88-5
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)Rutgers B98-5
Nishna Makala (DII)Maryland A (DII)Lehigh A (UG)10110
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BColumbia B10310
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)Lehigh B (DII)10410
Alex Lin (DII)Rutgers BPenn A (DII)11410
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Fordham A1140