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...a man wanted to meet Aristotle,  he entered  the street that lead to Aristotle s house  when a resident  emerged from one house,  the seeker asked him which house was Aristotle  s

The  resident replied this was the house of Aristotle 

The visitor asked if Aristotle was home 

The resident explained he wasn't 

The visitor asked where was Aristotle gone 

The man replied Aristotle has  left  to see the hakim 

The visitor  promised to come again 

In the evening he was back at Aristotle s house where Aristotle was surrounded by his students , the visitor was surprised to see the man  of the morning was Aristotle himself 

The visitor  overwhelmed said so he was Aristotle 

Coolly Aristotle replied  of course he was it

The visitor got irritable  that he could have told him so in the previous  trip 

Seriously answered Aristotle the visitor could have asked him that earlier