GROUP 3

ARISTOTLE
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS
ARISTOTLE?
ARISTOTLE’S BIOGRAPHY
-he was a Greek Philosopher during the Classical Period in
Ancient Greece
-he was born June 19 384 BC, from Chalcidian League
-died on March 7 322BC(62 year old) from Euboea,
Macedonian Empire
-his school was Peripatetic, Aristotelianism
-his Father’s name is Nicomachus
-his Mother is Phaestis came from a wealthy family
-Aristotle has called The Father of WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
ARISTOTLE’S PERSPECTIVE
TOWARDS SELF
-He was influenced by Plato, Socrates, Democritus,
Hippocrates, Heraclitus, Epicurus and more.
-Aristotle is the founder of the Lyceum and Peripatetic
School of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition.
-Aristotle has been called the “Father of WESTERN
PHILOSOPHY”
-Aristotle is a student of Plato
-his writings are cover many subjects incuding Physics,
Biology, Zoology, Metaphysics, Logic, Ethics, Aesthetics,
Poetry, Theatre, Music, Rethoric, Psychology, Linguistics,
Economics, Politics and Government.
ARISTOTLE’S LIFE
ARISTOTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HIS LIFE. HE WAS BROUGHT UP
BY A GUARDIAN SINCE HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS A
CHILD, HIS FATHER IS A PERSONAL PHYSICIAN IN AMYNTAS
OF MACEDON AND BOTH OF HIS PARENTS DIED AT HIS AGE
OF 13 AND PROXENUS OF ATARNEUS BECAME HIS
GUARDIAN, PROXENUS TREATED ARISTOTLE LIKE A SON AND
ENSURING HE HAD THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE FOR
ARISTOTLE. WHEN HE GROW UP AT AGE 18 HE PLAN TO
STUDY AND JOINED THE PLATO’S ACADEMY IN ATHENS AND
STAYED UNTIL HE’S 38, ARISTOTLE WAS REMAINED IN ATHENS
FOR 20 YEARS BEFORE HIS TEACHER’S PLATO DIED AND
LEAVING IN 348-347BC. AND ARISTOTLE HE THEN DECIDED TO
PURSUE HIS SOLO CAREER.
ARISTOTLE’S PARENT

ARISTOTLE’S FATHER WAS APPOINTED BY KING

AMYNTAS III OF MACEDONIA TO BE HIS
PERSONAL PHYSICIAN AND HIS MOTHER IS
CAME FROM A WEALTHY FAMILY, BUT THEN HIS
PARENTS BOTH DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG,
HIS FATHER IS DYING WHEN HE WAS AT AGE 10
AND AND AT THE AGE OF 13 BOTH OF HIS
PARENTS ARE DIED.
ARISTOTLE’S CONTRIBUTION IN
MOLDING/KNOWING SELF
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARISTOTLE
INVENTED THE LOGIC OF THE CATEGOTICAL SYLLOGISM
CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING BEINGS
FOUNDER OF ZOOLOGY
CONTRIBUTIONS IN PHYSICS
INFLUENCES THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
ADVANCES OF METEOROLOGY
ETHICS
ARISTOTELIANISM
POLITICS
POETICS
INVENTED LOGIC OF THE CATEGORICAL
SYLLOGISM

-IS A CERTAIN FORM OF REASONING WHERE A

CONCLUSION IS MADE BASED ON TWO PREMISES.
CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING BEINGS
-ARISTOTLE WAS THE FIRST PERSON IN HUMAN HISTORY TO
VENTURE INTO THE CLASSIFICATION OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS
FOUNDER OF ZOOLOGY
-ARISTOTLE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ZOOLOGY. AS
EVIDENT FROM HIS CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURES AND
SEVERAL OTHER TREATISES PRIMARILY INVOLVED DIFFERENT
SPECIES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ONLY.
COTRIBUTIONS IN PHYSICS

-IT IS TRUE THAT WHILE ARISTOTLE ESTABLISHED NEW

FRONTIERS IN THE FIELD OF LIFE SCIENCES, HIS
VENTURES INTO PHYSICS FALL SHORT BY
COMPARISON.
INFLUENCES IN THE HISTORY OF
PSYCHOLOGY
-ARISTOTLE WAS THE FIRST TO WRITE A BOOK THAT DEALT
WITH THE SPECIFICS OF PSYCHOLOGY: “DE ANIMA” OR “ON
THE SOUL”
ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY
-FOR HIS TIME AND AGE, ARISTOTLE WAS ABLE TO PUT FORTH A
VERY DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD AROUND HIM. AT
PRESENT “METEOROLOGY” SPECIFICALLY ENCOMPASSES THE
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF ATMOSPHERE AND
WHEATER.
ETHICS
-AN ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE THE RICH DETAILS OF
ARISTOTELIAN ETHICS WITHIN THE BOUDS OF A
COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS WILL NOT DO IT JUSTICE.
ARISTOTELIANISM
-ARISTOTELIANISM IS THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THE
INFLUENCE ARISTOTELIAN PHILOSOPHY HAS HAD ON
THE ENTIRE SUBSEQUENT PHILOSOPHICAL PARADIGM.
POLITICS
-THE WORD “POLITICS” IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK
WORD POLIS WHICH IS ANCIENT GREECE SIMPLY
REPRESENTED ANY CITY STATE.
POETICS

-MANY OF THE RECORDS OF ARISTOTLE’S VIEWS ON

ART AND POETRY, MUCH LIKE MANY OF OTHER
DOCUMENTS OF HIS PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERALY
WORKS, WERE COMPOSED AROUND 330BC.
THAT’S ALL!
THANK YOU!!