“ARISTOTLE” Biography

“Aristotle” was a philosopher and teacher of Alexander “The Great”. He was born in 384 BC on Stagira, Greece. His father’s name was Nicomachus. His father Nicomachus named him Aristotle, which means “the best purpose”. His father served as a personal physician to king Amyntas of Macedon.

Being a physician’s son he was inspired to his father’s scientific work but did not show much interest in medicine. When he turned 18, he is shifted to Athens to pursue his education at Plato’s Academy. He left Athens somewhere in 348-347 B.C, spending almost 20 years in the City 343 B.C, after the death of Hermias, Philip II of Macedon invited him to become the tutor of his son Alexander Aristotle became the head of Royal Academy of macedon here he become a tutor not only to Alexander but came lessons to two other future kings- Cassander and Ptolemy- as well. In his role as tutor to Alexander, he encouraged him to conquer east. In 335 B.C, he returned to Athens where he established his own school called Lyceum. For the next 12 years, Aristotle organized his school as a centre of research on astronomy, zoology, geography, physics, anatomy and many other fields. Aristotle wrote 170 books, 47 of which still exists more than 2,000 years later. Aristotle was also a philosopher who wrote about ethics psychology economics theology Political Science and rhetoric later inventions search of the telescope and the microscope would prove many of Aristotle’s theories to be incorrect but his ideas formed the basis of modern science Aristotle married two times first time to Pythias. A daughter was born to the couple. Later he married of Stageira. They blessed with a son. He breathed his last, in 322 B.C, in Euboea, due to natural causes, at the age of 62. “PLEASURE IN THE JOB PUTS PERFECTION IN THE WORK”.