* 384 B.C. in Stagira/Northern
Greece
+ 322 B.C. in Chalcis/Euboea
Plato
(left) and Aristotle (right)
The School of Athens (by Raphael)
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the
Classical period in Ancient Greece.
Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic
school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition.
His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology,
zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics,
aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology,
linguistics, economics, politics, and government.