Aristotle expeditiously established himself as a towering figure in Ancient Greek philosophy. His major contributions in fields such as logic, metaphysics, mathematics, and botany have placed him on a pedestal to other great philosophical thinkers of his time. He’s an empirically-minded individual that is publicly known for rejecting the proposed ideas of his predecessor, Plato. Aristotle, profoundly, renovated every aspect of knowledge he conducted experiments with. As a founding father of philosophy, he was successful in creating a system for reasoning and some of Aristotle’s successful contributions are still used in today’s times.
“Aristotle was born in 384 BCE at Stagirus, a now extinct Greek colony and seaport on the coast of Thrace. …show more content…
“He is said to have given two kinds of lectures: the more detailed discussions in the morning for an inner circle of advanced students, and the popular discourses in the evening for the general body of lovers of knowledge” (http://www.iep.utm.edu/aristotl/). King Alexander’s death led to a revolt against traditional Macedonian ways forcing Aristotle to evacuate in order to avoid unjustifiable prosecution of impiety. He ended up in Chalcis in Euboea, which is where he would die within his first year of residency due to stomach illness in 322 …show more content…
The surviving works of the “First Teacher” teach us to be virtuous rather than understanding what virtue is. His theory of natural philosophy examines the phenomena of the natural world. While other observations of the empiricist include the classification of all living things. His political modifications persist that the government should have a distribution of power, which in today’s times is known as the “checks and balances” system in our constitution. Aristotle also offered fair and equal justice for the social rectification of wrongly accused individuals. Moreover, tying all his opinion together he supposed everything was in parallel to scientific
“Aristotle was born in 384 BCE at Stagirus, a now extinct Greek colony and seaport on the coast of Thrace. …show more content…
“He is said to have given two kinds of lectures: the more detailed discussions in the morning for an inner circle of advanced students, and the popular discourses in the evening for the general body of lovers of knowledge” (http://www.iep.utm.edu/aristotl/). King Alexander’s death led to a revolt against traditional Macedonian ways forcing Aristotle to evacuate in order to avoid unjustifiable prosecution of impiety. He ended up in Chalcis in Euboea, which is where he would die within his first year of residency due to stomach illness in 322 …show more content…
The surviving works of the “First Teacher” teach us to be virtuous rather than understanding what virtue is. His theory of natural philosophy examines the phenomena of the natural world. While other observations of the empiricist include the classification of all living things. His political modifications persist that the government should have a distribution of power, which in today’s times is known as the “checks and balances” system in our constitution. Aristotle also offered fair and equal justice for the social rectification of wrongly accused individuals. Moreover, tying all his opinion together he supposed everything was in parallel to scientific