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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and mathematician born in 384 BC in Stageira, Chalcidice. Which is about 34 miles east of modern-day Thessaloniki He was well educated by the best teachers of the time. When he was seventeen, he enrolled in Plato’s Academy in Athens which was known as the academic center of the world at that time. Plato’s Academy was one of the best institutions for education of that time and Aristotle proved himself to be an excellent student by expanding upon the advanced knowledge given to him by Plato himself who had become not only his mentor but also a good friend. However Aristotle later found himself disagreeing with many of Plato’s ideas which cost him the seat of director of the academy. After his mentor's death in …show more content…

He traveled to Macedonia in 338 BC where he actually taught the none other than Alexander the Great who was only 13 years old at the time. Aristotle was greatly respected by the king and his son and paid him generously for the work he did for the court. When Alexander grew up and succeeded his father as the King, Aristotle asked permission to go back to Athens to start his own school. He went back to Athens in 335 BC. While in Athens he formed the ‘Lyceum’ and spent the remainder of his life teaching there and doing research.
Various subjects were taught at the ‘Lyceum’ including science, mathematics, philosophy and politics. The students and members of the school recorded their findings in form of manuscripts which made a huge collection of written work making one of the greatest and most valuable libraries.

After the death of his first wife, Aristotle married Herpyllis with whom he had more children which included a son ‘Nicomachus’. Aristotle’s famous work ‘Nicomachean Ethics’ is named after his son. Aristotle was not exactly a scientist but he studied science extensively while he was at the ‘Lyceum’. An inaccurate study of geology by Aristotle was his attempt to classify animals with certain characteristics in different genera. For example he classified red blood celled animals into vertebrates and called the animals without blood ‘cephalopods’. Though not very precise, this theory was considered to be correct for many

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