Aristotle
Life
Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher.
Aristotle lived from 384 B.C.E. to 322 B.C.E., and is arguably the most important figure in the history of western philosophy. He was born in Stagira, a town in Macedonia, and was the son of a physician called Nicomachus. Nicomachus died shortly after Aristotle’s birth, who was sent to Plato’s Academy in Athens in 367, where he stayed for twenty years. He left the Academy in 347, when Plato died.
Aristotle then went to stay with Hemias, one of his fellows at the academy, before becoming a tyrant in Asia Minor, and married Hemias' niece Pythias. In 345, he moved to Mitylene in Lesbos, and in 343 he was invited by Philip of Macedon to tutor Philip’s son Alexander in the capital of Macedonia, Pella. For the five years after Alexander left Pella in 340, it is not known whether Aristotle returned to Stagira or stayed at the court. In any case, he went back to Athens in 335 and founded his school, the Lyceum.
In 323, when Alexander died, the Athenians revolted against the Macedonians’ influence. At this point, Aristotle left Athens, so that he not be condemned to death as Socrates was. He died less than a year later, in 322.
Aristotle then went to stay with Hemias, one of his fellows at the academy, before becoming a tyrant in Asia Minor, and married Hemias' niece Pythias. In 345, he moved to Mitylene in Lesbos, and in 343 he was invited by Philip of Macedon to tutor Philip’s son Alexander in the capital of Macedonia, Pella. For the five years after Alexander left Pella in 340, it is not known whether Aristotle returned to Stagira or stayed at the court. In any case, he went back to Athens in 335 and founded his school, the Lyceum.
In 323, when Alexander died, the Athenians revolted against the Macedonians’ influence. At this point, Aristotle left Athens, so that he not be condemned to death as Socrates was. He died less than a year later, in 322.
Studies
Aristotle was one of the world’s greatest philosophers and wrote many treatises on his extensive studies. It is estimated that he wrote about 150 philosophical works, but only 30 of them still exist today. However, these few treatises cover an enormous range of subject matter. He wrote about his acute observations of nature and his abstract ideas about the cause of the universe, as well as a great variety of other things. He applied the deductive logical method he invented to all of his studies, but most of the surviving writings are about biology.
Aristotle classified all of his studies into either Practical sciences, Productive sciences, or Theoretic sciences.
Some topics of his surviving works are:
Aristotle classified all of his studies into either Practical sciences, Productive sciences, or Theoretic sciences.
Some topics of his surviving works are:
This project was created for a ninth grade honors history class at Reading Memorial High School in Reading, MA. The assignment was to create a website about a figure that could be considered a "Renaissance person" because they displayed talents in numerous areas, as many Renaissance figures did. Aristotle would qualify because his studies covered a huge range of subjects, from biology to psychology to rhetoric, and he also invented the basic system of logic as we know it. This project was created by Peter S.