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3Well, then, as a place where master and pupil could labour and study, he assigned them the precinct of the nymphs near Mieza, where to this day the visitor is shown the stone seats and shady walks of Aristotle. It would appear, moreover, that Alexander not only received from his master his ethical and political doctrines, but also participated in those secret and more profound teachings which philosophers designate by the special terms “acroamatic” and “epoptic,”[10] and do not impart to many.
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Notes
[10] i.e., fit for oral teaching only, and for the initiated; "esoteric," as opposed to "exoteric" doctrines.