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384--322 BC, Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great; influenced Islamic philosophers as Averroës, and Catholic theologians as Thomas Aquinas.


Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

From Encyclopedia of Political Communication
Aristotle, a Greek philosopher and protégé of Plato, is considered the Father of the Scientific Method, the creator of formal logic, and one of the greatest thinkers in the history of the Western world. He was born in Stagiros in northeastern Greece near the neighboring kingdom of Macedonia. In 367 B.C. he traveled to Athens and joined Plato’s philosophical school, the Academy. Aristotle remained in the Academy for approximately 20 years, first as a student and, later, as a teacher. One of the subjects he taught was rhetoric ( rhētorikē ). Notes used for his lectures on rhetoric at the Academy are thought to form, in large part, the contents of what is today the text titled Rhetoric . Around the time of Plato’s death in 347 B.C., Aristotle left Athens. Over the next 3 or 4 years, he researched the natural history of the eastern Aegean Sea coast and apparently began work on lecture notes that would later be compiled into the text known today as Politics . Sometime in 343 or 342 B.C., …
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ARISTOTLE (384–322 BCE)
Aristotle was born just in time to know PLATO , and worked on every subject under the sun with alarming taxonomical zeal. Substantial amounts of his labours have survived and been very influential historically, but he actually wrote even more than this, including some apparently very lively…
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From Great Thinkers A-Z
Aristotle was one of the world's greatest thinkers, whose profound influence on western philosophy and philosophical terminology continues to this day. Born in Stagira, at that time in Macedonia, in 384 BCE , the son of a doctor who was physician to the Royal Family, he studied for 20 years at Plato…
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From Astronomy Encyclopedia
Greek philosopher and polymath who developed a cosmology based upon a ‘perfect’ Earth-centred Universe. In 367 BC he enrolled at Plato's Academy, where he studied under EUDOXUS ; in 335 BC he founded his own school at Athens, called the Lyceum. It was there that Aristotle developed a cosmology…
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From Political Philosophy A-Z
Was a Greek philosopher and student of Plato. For Aristotle, man is a political animal – his distinctive form of functioning is as part of a state (although Aristotle had in mind a polis – a Greek city state) and he is at home and fully human in a political society. Politics is not something imposed…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Greek philosopher, founder of the science of logic and one of the greatest figures in Western philosophy, b. Macedonia. Aristotle studied (367-347 BC) under Plato at the Academy in Athens. After Plato's death he tutored the young Alexander the Great , before founding the Lyceum (335 BC). …
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The Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle (384-322 BC) organized all knowledge of his time into a coherent whole which served as the basis for much of the science and philosophy of Hellenistic and Roman times and even affected medieval science and philosophy. Aristotle was born in the small…
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From Encyclopedia of Ancient Literature
(b. 384 BCE –d. 322 BCE ) Greek philosopher, scholar, treatise writer A teacher, philosopher, and polymath, Aristotle was among the deepest thinking and most influential of all philosophers through the ages. A Macedonian by birth, Aristotle was the son of a physician who ministered to King Amyntas…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(ăr´´ĭstŏt'Әl), 384–322 B.C. , Greek philosopher, b. Stagira. He is sometimes called the Stagirite. Aristotle's father, Nicomachus, was a noted physician. Aristotle studied (367–347 B.C. ) under Plato at the Academy and there wrote many dialogues that were praised for their eloquence. Only fragments…
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Also known as: Aristoteles (b. 384 BCE –d. 322 BCE ) Greek philosopher Aristotle is one of the greatest figures in the history of Western thought. In terms of the breadth and depth of his thought, together with the quality and nature of his analysis, his contribution to a variety of fields is almost…
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From Encyclopedia of the Ancient Greek World
Also known as: ; Aristoteles (b. 384 BCE –d. 322 BCE ) Greek philosopher A man of immense learning and curiosity, Aristotle (Aristoteles) can be seen as the most influential Western thinker prior to the 19th century CE . Aristotle spent 20 years as the student of the great Athenian philosopher Plato…
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