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Aristotle
Aristotle was born in Macedonia, a mountainous land north of the Greek peninsula. At that time, many Greeks believed Macedonia was a backward place with no culture. Aristotle moved to Athens and studied at Plato’s Academy. He remained at the school for more than twenty years until shortly after Plato died. Aristotle then returned to Macedonia, where
King Philip hired him to prepare his thirteen-year-old son, Alexander,
for his future role as a military leader. His student would one day be
known as known as Alexander the Great, one of the greatest military conquerors
of all time. Aristotle wrote 170 books, 47 of which still exist more than two thousand years later. Aristotle was also a philosopher who wrote about ethics, psychology, economics, theology, politics, and rhetoric. Later inventions like the telescope and microscope would prove many of Aristotle’s theories to be incorrect, but his ideas formed the basis of modern science. |
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Aristotle
was the greatest scientist of the ancient world. He is considered the
father of the natural sciences. Aristotle believed in using logic and
reason, rather than the anger or pleasure of gods, to explain events.