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    Aristotle was a Greek philosopher born in 384 BC in Stagira, Greece. He studied at Plato's Academy in Athens for 20 years, emerging with both respect and criticism for Plato's theories. Aristotle went on to establish his own school, the Lyceum, where he wrote approximately 200 works on topics ranging from logic to biology to ethics and aesthetics. Only 31 of Aristotle's works survive today, which are grouped into categories including works on logic, theoretical sciences, practical sciences, rhetoric, and poetics.

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    Aristotle was a Greek philosopher born in 384 BC in Stagira, Greece. He studied at Plato's Academy in Athens for 20 years, emerging with both respect and criticism for Plato's theories. Aristotle went on to establish his own school, the Lyceum, where he wrote approximately 200 works on topics ranging from logic to biology to ethics and aesthetics. Only 31 of Aristotle's works survive today, which are grouped into categories including works on logic, theoretical sciences, practical sciences, rhetoric, and poetics.

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    Aristotle was a Greek philosopher born in 384 BC in Stagira, Greece. He studied at Plato's Academy in Athens for 20 years, emerging with both respect and criticism for Plato's theories. Aristotle went on to establish his own school, the Lyceum, where he wrote approximately 200 works on topics ranging from logic to biology to ethics and aesthetics. Only 31 of Aristotle's works survive today, which are grouped into categories including works on logic, theoretical sciences, practical sciences, rhetoric, and poetics.

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    The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.

    ) made significant and lasting contributions to nearly


    every aspect of human knowledge, from logic to biology to ethics and aesthetics. Though
    overshadowed in classical times by the work of his teacher Plato, from late antiquity through the
    Enlightenment, Aristotle’s surviving writings were incredibly influential. In Arabic philosophy, he was
    known simply as “The First Teacher”; in the West, he was “The Philosopher.”

    Aristotle’s Early Life


    Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. in Stagira in northern Greece. Both of his parents were members of
    traditional medical families, and his father, Nicomachus, served as court physician to King Amyntus III
    of Macedonia. His parents died while he was young, and he was likely raised at his family’s home in
    Stagira. At age 17 he was sent to Athens to enroll in Plato's Academy. He spent 20 years as a student
    and teacher at the school, emerging with both a great respect and a good deal of criticism for his
    teacher’s theories. Plato’s own later writings, in which he softened some earlier positions, likely bear
    the mark of repeated discussions with his most gifted student.

    Aristotle’s Works
    It was at the Lyceum that Aristotle probably composed most of his approximately 200 works, of which
    only 31 survive. In style, his known works are dense and almost jumbled, suggesting that they were
    lecture notes for internal use at his school. The surviving works of Aristotle are grouped into four
    categories.

    The “Organon” is a set of writings that provide a logical toolkit for use in any philosophical or scientific
    investigation. Next come Aristotle’s theoretical works, most famously his treatises on animals (“Parts
    of Animals,” “Movement of Animals,” etc.), cosmology, the “Physics” (a basic inquiry about the nature
    of matter and change) and the “Metaphysics” (a quasi-theological investigation of existence itself).

    Third are Aristotle’s so-called practical works, notably the “Nicomachean Ethics” and “Politics,” both
    deep investigations into the nature of human flourishing on the individual, familial and societal levels.
    Finally, his “Rhetoric” and “Poetics” examine the finished products of human productivity, including
    what makes for a convincing argument and how a well-wrought tragedy can instill cathartic fear and
    pity.

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