Aristotle was born 384 BCE in Stagira, Ancient Greece to Nicomachus, his father, and Phaestis, his mother. His father worked as a court physician for Amyntas III, while much is unknown about his mother. Both died while Aristotle was a young child, so he spent most of his early childhood being raised by Proxenus, who was married to Aristotle’s older sister Arimneste.
After he turned seventeen he enrolled in Plato’s Academy in Athens, and developed a close relationship with Plato. Soon after Plato died, however, he was invited to court in Mythias. There he found his first wife, Pythias, and had a daughter named after her. He then founded Lyceum in 355 BC, which was also coincidentally the same year his first wife died. He spent little time
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He spent his life after Alexander as a teacher, researcher, and writer at his school in the Athens. Aristotle is well known for his works as a Philosopher, highlighting some works known as On the Heavens, and the theoretical element to do with his Alchemy work Quinessence. He also was known for his work in biology, as he was able to identify nearly 600 species of animals into different groups that he had called genus. Another one of his biggest achievements was his contribution to Astronomy, which is the study of celestial objects such as stars and planets. One of his theories pertaining to Astronomy was that the sun, moon, the planets, and the stars would travel in separate spheres. Apparently, when the spheres come in contact with the other, they make a music of spheres.
However he was known for his incredible discoveries and theories, he was wrong about much as well. For instance, he believed that the earth was the center of the universe which it is not. Another thing he was wrong about is atomic theory. He believed that all materials on earth were not made up of atoms, but from the four elements of Earth, Fire, Water, and Air. He believed that all elements were a mix between
Socrates ends up marrying a younger woman name Xanthippe and they had three sons who were Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus. According to Xenophon’s characterization of Xanthippe she is “undesirable.” He also writes about how Xenophon was not pleased with Socrate’s second profession as a philosopher because it didn’t support his family. Also Socrates said
Aristotle made contributions towards theories concerning logic, biology, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre (Kara 22). Aquinas referred him as “the philosopher” while he even attracted Ciero by his polished and pose style (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy par 2).
When Leonidas was born, he already had a brother and a half-brother, and since he wasn’t a direct heir, he was sent to the Agoge, a public school where all spartan kids needed to complete to receive citizenship for Sparta. His father died in 520 B.C. Cleomenes(Half-brother of Leonidas) was then selected for the throne instead of Dorieus(Brother of Leonidas), Dorieus was so outraged that he left Sparta. He tried to create a colony in Africa but failed so he tried his luck in Sicily but was soon killed. Leonidas married Gorgo who was the daughter of Cleomenes before becoming king in 490 B.C. He was one of the few Kings who has undergone Spartan youth
For example, his work on politics itself is noted as “inspiring by the recent resurgence of interest in Aristotle among moral and political philosophers, this collection claims to address ‘the possibility of grounding moral and political action in some version of Aristotelian rationalism” (Reeve 9). His later works on politics were known as inspiring enough in which they had been called for a second analysis for its deep content of the analysis of political systems and comments of Aristotle throughout these works. His works on politics are the basis for education for many and paved the organization of political systems for many civilizations after his death. Further on, “Aristotle's life seems to have influenced his political thought in various ways: his interest in biology seems to be expressed in the naturalism of his politics; his interest in comparative politics and his sympathies for democracy as well as monarchy may have been encouraged by his travels and experience of diverse political systems; he criticizes harshly” (Yu, 3). With such works as Politics, Aristotle basically provides feedback to multiple political systems throughout many civilizations. His contribution within this work is highly influential in that it serves to provide later generations of a written record of faults in diverse political systems throughout most of the world. With his critique on politics, Aristotle was able to shape the way people study politics and provide generations of people with a written record of the faults in many diverse political systems. His influence on politics is just one of his many significant and long lasting influences on the
“He said this principle is water because it is wholly from water that life itself comes from and into which it dissolves, he also declared that the earth rest on water getting the notion perhaps from seeing that the nutriment of all things is moist and that heat itself is generated from moisture and kept alive by it, and that from which they come to be is a principle of all things. He got his notion from this fact, and from the fact that seeds of all things have a moist nature, and that water is the origin of the nature of moist things.” He explained earthquakes, for example, by hypothesizing the Earth floats on water and that an earthquake occurs when the Earth is rocked by waves. He was also an important innovator in astronomy, and he had an effective theory of the path of the sun from solstice to solstice. Some have attributed him with the "discovery" of the seasons of the year and the 365-day
Aristotle was a very wise man. He was smarter than most teenagers his age, and doing more things than most kids his age. Plato, Aristotle's biggest influence, was very into human nature. Finding out what humans are, who one is, and how one should live was what Plato had done. This caught Aristotle’s attention and he soon wanted to do what Plato had been doing, but switch it up a little.
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist who was born in the Macedonian city of Stagira. His father, Nicomachus, died when he was a child, therefore after his death Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen years of age Aristotle joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven). His writings cover many subjects which include: Physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, poetry, theater, music, , politics and government to name a few. Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great.
To start off, Aristotle was a widely known philosopher in the Ancient Greek world born in Macedonia in the year 384 B.C. Not only did he take part in philosophy, but he also contributed poetics, political science, and biology. All of these subjects were taught at his school, the Peripatetic School of
Astronomy was probably Galileo’s main focus of research and study. He was a skilled telescope builder and the first person to study the sky with one. While studying the sky, he discovered the first moons known to orbit planets other than Earth, Jupiter’s four largest moons, that Venus had phases like the moon - which was the first evidence that the sun sits at the center of our solar system (NASA). He discovered the rings of Saturn, that the moon wasn’t flat, but had mountain like structures, and discovered that the Milky Way was made up of billions of stars. He was also the first person to see Neptune, but it was lost track of until found again in 1864.
Aristotle was an influential Greek philosopher and during his time he made significant and profound contributions to the world through his teachings. Teachings such as his philosophy of nature, mathematics ethics, biology and art. Through many of his teachings and influential contributions in today’s society now, we now use what he taught and evolved from there as the years go by.
History views Aristotle as one of the greatest philosophers. As a former student of Plato, he is most popularly known for his advancements in the fields of mathematics, politics, and physics.
Aristotle is a well renowned philosopher that lived and taught in Greece during the time of 350 B.C. He was a student of Plato, yet is famous for rejecting Plato’s theory of forms. He was both a prolific writer in addition to a polymath and expanded the knowledge of numerous areas of study. He even classified a multitude of distinctions for different aspects of knowledge that are still in use today such as mathematics and biology. Aristotle was the first to develop a formalized system of logic which was based on the structure of an argument rather than its contents. Aristotle created some 200 treatises of which only 31 survive in a manuscript format instead of how Aristotle would lecture them to his students. He was well known for his
He married a woman named Xanthippe and they had three sons.( Archetypes of Wisdom 100) His wife was not a happy lady with his philosophy career and she did not believe he was a reliable provider for their family. “By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.” ( Socrates) I think this quote provides a humorous yet truthful idea of the relationship between the Socrates and his wife Xanthippe. Socrates valued the well-being of his community and friendships, he fought courageously in the Military, lived a simple
The reign of ancient Greek philosophers was one that was remembered for centuries. One philosopher stood out amongst the rest. He is known as Aristotle. Aristotle made extremely significant contributions to human knowledge. His writings were extremely incredible and he paved the way for philosophers long after him.
Aristotle was a pupil of Plato but there are no shadowing influences of Plato on Aristotle’s work. Aristotle’s era was ancient philosophy and region was Western philosophy like his teacher. His main interests are different as there is a balanced approach by Aristotle to natural sciences of biology, zoology and physics. In metaphysics, he worked in the fields of logics, ethics, rhetoric, music, poetry, theater, politics and government. His notable ideas include Golden mean, Aristotelian logic, Syllogism, Hexis, Hylomorphism and theory of soul.