Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
y Introduction y The Greek Philosopher y Aristotle Early Life y Aristotle Schooling y Aristotle s Highlighted y Third Greatest Greek
Philosopher
y Aristotle s Hierarchy of Souls y Modern Western Civilization y Aristotle s Quotes y References
Subjects
y Study the Natural World
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, are commonly considered the intellectual foundation of Western Civilization (450-300 b.c.)
y Among them Aristotle is the third
of Macedonia
y Mother Phaestis, from a family of doctors y father died when Aristotle was 17
Aristotle s Schooling
y In 367, when Aristotle was seventeen, his uncle,
y Logic
y Process of making a guess y Example : birds have feathers, lay eggs; owls have feathers, lay eggs;
natural world.
y Believed that the greatest good people could perform
especially biology.
y Psychology
y On the Soul y On Dreams
y Metaphysics
y The Metaphysics (in 14 books)
y Physics
y Posterior Analytics
y Politics
y The Politics Posterior Analytics
y Ethics
y Virtues and Vices
Plato
taught
Aristotle.
Greek Empire
This is the origin of modern philosophy, modern science, and the modern military, all in the years 400-300 B.C.
Aristotle s Death
Died in 322 BCE Two rumors about his death :
y Complained of a stomach illness and died y Drowned investigating marine life
References
y Book Reference y Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. Translated, with An introduction and notes, by Martin Ostwald, Englewood Cliffs
y Websites References
y http://www.gradesaver.com/author/aristotle/ y http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Aristotle.html y http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/aristplatoguide/Plato_Aristotle_Study
_Guides.htm
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