Aristotle 's Theory Of Forms

Aristotle, a Greek philosopher and scientist, who became a famous figure of philosophy in the history of ancient Greek. Aristotle being more of a practical minded individual than Plato or Socrates, he is best known for rejecting Plato 's theory of forms. Aristotle influence such topics as logic, metaphysics, physics, botany, mathematics, ethics, biology, politics, medicine, agriculture, dance and theatre.

Aristotle was born in 384 BC in what was known to be the city of Stagira, Chalcidice on the northern border of known as Classical Greece. A city that is now extinct and the remanence of the city is thirty-four mile east of modern day Thessaloniki. The son of the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedon, it is believed that Aristotle was allowed to roam inside the palace where he established a rapport with the Macedonian monarchy. During Aristotle’s childhood, he suffered the loss of his father and Proxenus of Atarneus, husband to Aristotle older sister Arimneste, assumed guardianship over Aristotle. At the age of seventeen, he was sent to Athens in order to pursue a higher education.

By the age of eighteen, he became a student at the Plato’s Academy in Athens, the intellectual center of the world at that time. Aristotle studied under Plato who was in turn a student of Socrates. Aristotle developed a relationship with Plato and the Academy for two decades. Within that time Aristotle, on his own account, began to lecture on the subject of speechmaking. Upon Plato’s death, Aristotle nonconformity to the teachings of Plato was so great, denied him the opportunity to succeed Plato as the leader of the Plato Academy. Aristotle disapproval with the Academy’s new direction under the leadership of Plato’s successor Speusippus, Plato’...

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...fication: white, grammatical; of a relative: double, half, larger; of where: in the Lyceum, in the market-place; of when: yesterday, last-year; of being-in-a-position: is-lying, is-sitting; of having: has-shoes-on, has-armour-on; of doing: cutting, burning; of being-affected: being-cut, being-burned. (Wikipedia, “Aristotle’s Categories (Chapter 1-5)” n.d.)

In conclusion, Aristotle was considered to be a creative writer and source of knowledge, and referred to as “The Philosopher” whose dialogues were compared to “a river of gold”. Aristotle profoundly altered most of the areas of knowledge throughout his studies. His persuasive ability to express his philosophy has always been and will continue to be a topic of study. Although I do not have a complete understanding of Aristotle teachings in his text ‘Categories’, his writing is intriguing and worth studying further.