Aristotle's Rhetoric Works

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Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Stagira, Chalcidice and his father (Nicomachus) died when he was young. His mother is also thought to have died when Aristotle was young as little is known about her. Proxenus of Atarneus (who was married to Aristotle's sister) became Aristotle's guardian after his father died. At 17, Aristotle joined the academy of Plato in Athens and stayed there as Plato's pupil and colleague for almost 20 years. In 348 BC, Aristotle left Athens and studied the botany and zoology of the island of Lesbos. As well as this, Aristotle married Pythias and they had a child (also named Pythias). After Pythias' mother's death, Aristotle was invited to tutor the son of Phillip II of Macedon, Alexander in 343 BC. The Corpus Aristotelicum is a collection of Aristotle’s works. Not all his works are included in this as many were lost over time. The works are split into three categories; logic, physics, metaphysics, ethics and politics and rhetoric and poetics. Aristotle’s works are sometimes also divided into exoteric and esoteric. Exoteric works refer to those that were intended for the public, while esoteric works were used mostly within his school such as the treatises. It is thought that Aristotle composed around 200 works but roughly 30 have survived to today. Aristotle covered …show more content…

For example, Aristotle studied human nature which is something that would have changed very little, even after 2300 years. As well as this, Aristotle’s ideas were quite different to other philosophers of the time such as Plato. What’s more interesting about this fact is that Plato was Aristotle’s teacher and despite this, Aristotle did not blindly accept his teachings. Instead, Aristotle thought differently and decided to voice his views. This could be an educational lesson for students as it shows why it’s important to have your own point of view on

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