Historical Figures Aristotle
Polymath & Philosopher Greece

Aristotle

384 BCE – 322 BCE (62 years)

His writings covered physics, biology, logic, ethics, poetry, and politics, shaping medieval Islamic and Christian scholasticism. He tutored Alexander the Great.

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Biography

Aristotle was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, meteorology, geology, and government.

Key Events

367 BCE
Joined Plato's Academy in Athens
343 BCE
Began tutoring Alexander the Great
335 BCE
Founded the Lyceum in Athens
322 BCE
Fled to Chalcis, died of natural causes

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