Facts about Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who wrote about lots of subjects and made various important contributions to science based ones such as physics, biology, anatomy, geology and zoology.

Aristotle along with Socrates and Plato were known as "The Gigantic Three". They were thought about of the Founders of Western Philosophy. Aristotle had made his great contributions to philosophy. Aristotle’s contributions to philosophy, science, and metaphysics had permanently impacted the whole Western world and still do today. His teachings are the basis for lots of religious doctrines and beliefs, those of the Roman-Catholic Church pre-Renaissance. The pupil of Plato, Aristotle would go on to mentor Alexander the Great (a military genius who is thought about of the most important figures in Ancient Western History).

While a quantity of his theories and postulates were later proven false. However, lots of his ideas still hold true today. Aristotle was a mathematician and a philosophical scholar. Aristotle taught astronomy and political theory, as well. Without him, the Western world would likely be much less developed than currently is.

There are some very interesting facts about Aristotle.

• Aristotle was born in Greece & they lived from 384 BC to 322 BC.

• The influence of Aristotle’s work on the physical sciences spread across the world, offering well thought out theory & reasoning. His theory and reasoning would stay and spread for lots of years to come before finally being replaced by modern physics.

• As well as science, Aristotle wrote on lots of other subjects including poetry, music, theater, logic, metaphysics, rhetoric, ethics & politics. With the passage of time all of Aristotle’s original work has been lost. But around one-third of it still remains to this day.

• Aristotle was a student of a Greek philosopher. His mentor name was Plato. When they was around eighteen years elderly, they moved to Athens to be further educated at Plato's Academy, where they stayed for very twenty years.

• Alexander the Great also became a student of Aristotle in 343 BC & took much advice from his teacher despite a falling out near the finish of Alexander’s life. Aristotle was as well as a teacher to Ptolemy & Cassander, who would both finally be crowned kings.

• Aristotle was interested in more in literary way of human nature rather than a scientific exploration.

• Aristotle produced a large number of writings, but few have survived with passage of time. His writings include a wide variety of works written for the public, and they included popular philosophical themes.

• Aristotle also established a philosophical school of his own, known as the Lyceum. It was located near a shrine of Apollo Lyceus. It was also known as the Peripatetic School. In the school, the lectures were divided into morning and afternoon sessions.

• Aristotle was as well as a natural historian, recording knowledge & analyzing the sea life around areas such as Lesbos. His observations & interpretations were often coming years of their time.

• Aristotle also made efforts to explain how moral conduct contributes for a better life for humans.

• Aristotle believes that the lives of individual human beings are invariably linked with each other in a social context.

• Famous Aristotle quotes include: Time crumbles things; everything grows elderly under the power of Time & is forgotten through the lapse of Time. In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Misfortune shows those who are not friends. He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.