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Explain why two of these philosophers' started schools of learning.

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Aristotle studied there for twenty years (367–347 BC) before founding his own school, the Lyceum . Similarly, what was Plato's reason for opening an academy in Athens? Plato held the belief that knowledge was not purely the result of inner reflection but instead, could be sought through observation and therefore, taught to others.

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