Scholarch

A Scholarch ( ancient Greek σχολάρχης scholárchēs " school leader " of σχολή schole "school" and ἄρχειν archein " areas " ) is the head of an academy or educational institution.

The term comes from the ancient philosophy - schools, including the Platonic Academy and Aristotle's Peripatetic school ( Lyceum ). The Scholarch was elected for life. In the academy is for the choice of Xenocrates, the second successor of Plato, a crucial vote testifies with tight output. Voters were in the academy, the students, not a governing body, and the choice was secret. In the late period (from the second half of the third century BC) the Scholarchenwahl was sometimes circumvented by the Scholarchen still alive the school board gave selected successor of them. In Peripatus the Scholarch could if he wanted to, by testamentary disposition to enforce his preferred successor or determine an electoral body. Legally Scholarch was the owner of the Peripatetic school, ie the school grounds and the library.

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