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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. This person taught that barbarians (-5[2])and slaves were identical to a student he took under the patronage of Philip II. (10[1])A cloister where this (-5[1])person (10[1])and his students walked lends its name to the Peripatetic school he founded at the Lyceum. For 10 points, name this tutor to Alexander the Great, (10[1])a Greek (10[1])philosopher who wrote the Nicomachean (10[1])Ethics. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Aristotle [or Aristotéles]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew WangUBC BUW Chastity59-5
Sonya BatesUW WrathBoise State59-5
Dylan BianchiUW GreedArizona State A7410
Alan FanUW EnvyUBC A78-5
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyArizona State B7910
Florian ChiuUW SlothUW Lust10510
Ruby EisenbergBoise StateUW Wrath10710
Joyann HuaUBC AUW Envy11210
Andrea YuUW ChastityUBC B1140

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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