ARISTOTLE
Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. , in Stagira,Greece.
He achieved prominence as an eminent philosopher who greatly influenced the basic principles of philosophy and whose ideologies are still practiced today.
Aristotle was a student of the renowned
philosopher Plato and tutored Alexander the
Great,who became King ofMacedonia in 336 B.C.
Aristotle established his own school in the
Lyceum, near Athens, in 335 B.C. He often lec-
tured his students in the portico, or walking
place, of the Lyceum. The school was subse-
quently called Peripatetic, after the Greek word
peripatos for “walking place.”
In 323 B.C. the reign of Alexander ended
with his death, and Aristotle sought refuge at
Chalcis.
Aristotle formulated numerous beliefs about
the reasoning power of humans and the essence
of being. He stressed the importance of nature
and instructed his pupils to closely study natural
phenomena.When teaching science, he believed
that all ideas must be supported by explanations
based upon facts.
Concerning the realm of politics, Aristotle
propounded that humans are inherently politi-
cal and demonstrate an essential part of their
humanity when participating in civic affairs.
Philosophy was a subject of great interest to
Aristotle, and he theorized that philosophy was
the foundation of the ability to understand the
basic axioms that comprise knowledge. In order
to study and question completely, Aristotle
viewed logic as the basic means of reasoning. To
think logically, one had to apply the syllogism,
which was a form of thought comprised of two
premises that led to a conclusion; Aristotle
taught that this form can be applied to all logi-
cal reasoning.
To understand reality, Aristotle theorized
that it must be categorized as substance, quality,
quantity, relation, determination in time and
space, action, passion or passivity, position, and
condition. To know and understand the reality
of an object required an explanation of its mate-
