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Aristotle

Greek philosopher and polymath · 384 BC–322 BC

Ancient Greek thinker whose work profoundly influenced philosophy, science, logic, ethics and political thought.

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384 BC – 322 BC (age c. 61-62)

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Lyceum Peripatetic school Logic Metaphysics Natural philosophy

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scholar whose writings covered subjects including logic, ethics, politics, biology, physics, metaphysics and rhetoric. Born in Stagira in 384 BC, he travelled to Athens as a young man and studied at Plato’s Academy for about two decades. Although influenced by Plato, Aristotle developed a distinct approach that placed greater emphasis on observation, classification and systematic reasoning.

After leaving Athens, Aristotle spent time in Asia Minor and on Lesbos before becoming tutor to the young Alexander the Great. He later returned to Athens and founded the Lyceum, associated with the Peripatetic school. His surviving works include the Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics and Poetics. Aristotle’s methods and concepts shaped intellectual traditions in Europe and the Islamic world for centuries. He left Athens in 323 BC and died in Chalcis the following year.

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