One of the biggest and most known person in philosophy, Aristotle has made never ending questions throughout the philosophy world. Aristotle is used in philosophy courses and is one of the first major people to go over if studying philosophy because of many schools of philosophy that he has made. Many of those schools being law, ethics, and science which we now use on a daily bases. Making a name for himself and being known throughout the history of philosophy, Aristotle is one of the greatest minds.
Aristotle was raised in Stagirus, his fathers name was Nicomachus and he was the King of Mecadonia's, King Amyntas, physician. Aristotle is said to be born in 384 BCE (Before Common Era) and his dad died when Aristotle was really young because of unknown causes. Proxenus is said to have taken care of young Aristotle after his fathers death.
At the age of seventeen Aristotle attended Plato’s Academy in Athens.
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Aristotle stayed with his friend Herneas for three years. In that time Aristotle met Herneas’ niece Pythias and they got married but years later he married another woman named Herpyllis. Herpyllis and Aristotle had a son together naming him Nicomachus after Aristotle’s father. Mytilene was the next place Aristotle would take off to, after his friends kingdom, Herneas, had been taken over by the Persians. After Aristotle moved, the king of Mytikene, King Philip, told him to start teaching his son Alexander the Great, who was just thirteen at the time. Aristotle and Alexander grew very close throughout the five years of teaching and after Alexanders father, King Phillip, pasted away was next to be crowned the king which lead to the stopping of Aristotle’s teachings. Even though the teaching was over their friendship was not and Alexander the Great really looked up to Aristotle, and even gave him books of science and tools to use for scientific