Aristotle: Date of birth and death

Aristotle numbers among the greatest philosophers of all time. He was born on 384 B.C.E in Stagira, Greece. And died in 322 B.C.E from a disease of the digestive organs.

Aristotle: Place of Origin

Stagira was an ancient Greek city on the Chalkidiki and is chiefly know for being the birthplace of Aristotle.

Aristotle: He was know as...

The Greek philosopher Aristotle made significant and lasting contributions to nearly every aspect of human knowledge, from logic to biology to ethics and aesthetics. ... In Arabic philosophy, he was known simply as “The First Teacher”; in the West, he was “The Philosopher.”

Aristotle: Studies and Interests

Aristotle himself was interested in: botany, biology, logic, music, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, cosmology, physics, the history of philosophy, metaphysics, psychology, ethics, theology, rhetoric, political history, government and political theory, rhetoric, and the arts. In all these areas, the Lyceum collected manuscripts, thereby, according to some ancient accounts, assembling the first great library of antiquity.

Both of his parents were members of traditional medical families, and his father, Nicomachus, served as court physician to King Amyntus III of  Macedonia. His parents died while he was young, and he was likely raised at his family’s home in Stagira. At age 17 he was sent to Athens to enroll in Plato's Academy. He spent 20 years as a student and teacher at the school, emerging with both a great respect and a good deal of criticism for his teacher’s theories.

Aristotle: Fun Facts

Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived and the first genuine scientist in history. He made pioneering contributions to all fields of philosophy and science, he invented the field of formal logic, and he identified the various scientific disciplines and explored their relationships to each other.

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