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Aristotle
Building influential studies of logic, ethics, politics and the natural world.
Character and flourishing · Forms of community
- Born
- 384 BCE
- Birthplace
- Stagira, ancient Greece
- Died
- 322 BCE
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Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher whose work organised many fields of inquiry and shaped later scholarship across languages and traditions.
Early life
Stagira origins
His father was associated with the Macedonian court as a physician.
Plato’s Academy
Studied in Athens for roughly twenty years.
Career
- 4th century BCE
Research and teaching
Worked in several Greek-speaking centres after leaving the Academy.
- 340s BCE
Macedonian tutor
Taught the young Alexander.
- 335 BCE onward
Lyceum
Established a school in Athens and continued wide-ranging research.
Ideas & writings
Character and flourishing
Examined virtue, habit and a good human life.
Forms of community
Studied constitutions and political association.
Reasoning
Developed systematic accounts of inference and argument.
Legacy
Natural history
Investigated animals through description and comparison.
Transmission
His works were studied and developed by Greek, Arabic and Latin scholars.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ↗Photo: After Lysippos. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
