Aristotle

Aristotle (Aristoteles in auld griek) (384 BC – 7 Mairch 322 BC) wis an auncient Greek philosopher, a student o Plato an a teacher o Alexander the Great. He wrat beuks on mony subjects, sic as physics. Aristotle, alang wi Plato an Socrates, is aften thocht o as ane o the maist influential Greek philosophers. He turnt Greek philosophy intae the foonds o Wastren philosophy as we ken it.

Aristotle
Roman copy in marble o a Greek bronze bust o Aristotle bi Lysippus, c. 330 BC. The alabaster mantle is modren.
Born	384 BC Stagira, Chalcidice (Chalkidiki), Chalcidian League, Northren Greece
Died	322 BC (aged 62) Euboea, Greece, Macedonian Empire
Era	Auncient filosofie
Region	Wastren filosofie
Schuil	Peripatetic schuil Aristotelianism
Main interests	Biology Zoology Physics Metaphysics Logic Ethics Rhetoric Muisic Poetry Theatre Politics Government
Notable ideas	Gowden mean Aristotelian logic Syllogism Hexis Hylomorphism Theory o the saul
Influences Parmenides Socrates Plato Heraclitus Democritus
Influenced Virtually aw subsequent Wastren filosofie, Christian filosofie an pre-Enlichtment science; muckle Islamic an Jewish philosofie (see Leet o writers influenced bi Aristotle) an aa