Aristotle's Life & Writings

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) was born in the northern Greek town of Stagiros, (Dickson & Shepherd, 1996). Aristotle was heavily influenced by the works and ideas of Plato, having spent twenty years studying at Plato's school, the Academy. Aristotle was the son of a physician, who was the personal physician of king Amyntas II, of Macedonia, the grandfather of Alexander the Great. Aristotle's knowledge of anatomy and organic structure helped him develop powerful observation skills that led to many of his discoveries. When he was a young boy, both of Aristotle's parents died, forcing him to be raised by his guardian named Proxenus.

At seventeen, Aristotle enrolled in Plato's Academy in Athens, where he remained for two decades as a student, researcher, lecturer, and scientist, (Dickson, et al., 2004). When Plato died, Aristotle moved and lived with another pupil of Plato, Hermeias, whose daughter, Pithias, he married. Aristotle was the teacher of Alexander until the murder of Philip of Macedon. In 335 B.C. Aristotle returned to Athens and founded his own school, the Lyceum, (Dickson, et al., 2004). When Alexander died a twelve years later, Aristotle was charged with "impiety" by the Athenians, but he asserted he would not let the Athenians "sin twice against philosophy," (Dickson, et al., 2004, p. 1). Aristotle succumbed to illness a year afterward, dying at the age of sixty-two.

Aristotle's writings include memoranda, popular writings, and treatises

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