Aristotle's Fun Facts

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Fun Facts: You may think that the Grease history might be boring, but it isn’t. It’s really fascinating, even just for a person like Aristotle. Did you know that Aristotle was considered the most intelligent person who had ever walked on Earth? Well, it says it on the Internet and said by historic authors, so you have to believe it! Also, during at the age of 17, he was living in the richest and largest city of Grease! It was called Athens, he lived there almost his entire life! I guess it was very pretty there. Speaking of the present, his writings were lost. However, there is some of his writing still here! Aristotle ran a school before, wrote the books and he kept notes for the students. However, he had to shut down the school. Aristotle must have loved science, but he also …show more content…
Logic, which is the study of valid reasoning, music, poetry, and theater which is acting. Last, he provided metaphysics which is a theory or talk with no basis in reality. Like dreams or stories. Everything with fun is great, just like facts.
Interesting Facts We’ve only done the Fun Facts, but how about interesting? There’s a difference between the two! Even if it doesn’t say that Plato and Aristotle weren’t friends, they actually were! Both of them were really close. Aristotle was one of Plato’s favorite students that attended his academy. Wondering if Aristotle’s writings are still here on Earth? Well, there is. Only 31 survived to this day. It would be about animals, cosmology which is a study about the development of the universe, physics. Also, there would be his works about “Nicomachean Ethics” his own book he made, politics, nature of human development of other human/individual, familial and societal, rhetoric and lastly, poetics about products on humans. Maybe, you could find one of his pieces in a museum about Grease History. Do you think Aristotle had a meaning behind his name? It does, and

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