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Aristotle Research Paper

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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who was born in Stagira in 384 B.C. He lived in a medical family with his father working as a physician for the king at the time. Plato’s Academy was where Aristotle learned when he moved to Athens at the age of seventeen. Aristotle was well respected when he left the school after twenty years of learning and teaching. Unfortunately, after the death of Plato, Aristotle left Athens to live on the coast of Asia Minor, where he began to research marine biology. After about five years of living on the coast, he married his wife, Pythias, and later had a daughter of the same name. Aristotle was called to Macedonia in 342 B.C. to tutor Alexander the Great, the son of King Philip the second. In 335 B.C. he …show more content…

Out of 200 only 31 survived and the works are listed in four categories: the Organon, theoretical works, Physics, and Metaphysics. He also has practical works which are Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, Rhetoric, and Poetics. Along with all his works, Aristotle made a lot of contributions to the world. He was the first person in history to classify animals. Some of the classifications were very simple, such as groups based on traits and habitats. Other classifications were more difficult, for example, an animal having blood or based on their place in the food chain. As a result to classification, Aristotle is the Father of Zoology. He wrote treaties for the animal kingdoms. The treaties are History of Animals, Movement of Animals, and Progression of Animals. He tested and experimented to study the flora and fauna around him. Aristotle was influenced in Physics by other Greek philosophers. His treaties are similar to pre-Socratic era and they are Generation, Corruption, and Heavens. Aristotle used the four elements: water, earth, fire, and air to explain that everything was created from different materials. He knew that Physics and natural philosophy went hand and hand in the entirety of the

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