Aristotle - Anita

• Ancient Greek Philosopher Aristotle was born 384 B.C. in Stagira, Greece. At age seventeen, he enrolled in Plato's Academy. In 338 B.C., he started tutoring Alexander the Great. In 322 B.C., Aristotle created his own school, the Lyceum, in Athens, where he spent the rest of his life studying, teaching and writing.
• Aristotle's father, Nicomachus, was the physician of the Macedonian King's court. Even at a young age, Aristotle lost his father. His older sister's husband, Proxenus of Atarneus, became his guardian and sent him to Athens to get a higher and better education. Aristotle attended Plato's Academy, a Greek learning institution, and proved to be an outstanding student. Aristotle had a close relationship with famous Philosopher Plato, student of Socrates. After Plato's death in 347 B.C., Aristotle's friend, King Hermia of  Mysia invited him to his court. During his three year stay, Aristotle feel in love with Pythias, Hermia's niece. After he married his first wife, Aristotle had a daughter who he named Pythias.
• In 338 B.C., Aristotle went back to Macedonia to tutor the King's son, Alexander the Great.In 335 B.C, after Alexander succeeded his father and concurred Athens, Aristotle moved there. After he discovered Plato's academy was still there, he got permission from King Alexander and started his own school, the Lyceum. Lyceum students researched subjects like science, math, philosophy and art. They also had outstanding libraries. In the same year the school was created, Aristotle's wife, Pythias died. Some theories state that he fell in love with a woman who was probably his slave, Herpyllis, that was given to him by the King of Macedonia. He freed Herpyllis, married her and had a son, Nicomachus, with her. In 323 B.C., King Alexander died, and the Macedonian court was overthrown. Aristotle was charged guilty, so he fled to Chalcis, where he would remain until his death. 
• Science and Philosophy were the two main subjects Aristotle studied at the Lyceum. He thought that knowledge would from interacting with physical objects. In science, he studied biology and attempted to classify animals into different groups. He put them in groups of which animals had red blood and which animal did not. He called the animals with red blood vertebrates and the animals with "no blood" were called "cephalopods." In philosophy, he created Venn Diagrams and many theories. Aristotle wrote an estimated amount of  200 works, including the books Meteorology, Prior Analytics, Posterior Analytics, Nichomachen Ethics, Edemian Ethics, Categories, On Interpretation, Metaphysics, Politics, Rhetoric, On The Heavens and On The Soul.
• In 322 B.C., Aristotle caught a disease of digestive organs and died. His work was forgotten and revived until the first century. His work built a foundation for seven centuries of philosophy. Aristotle's philosophic work continues to endure.

      

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