Aristotle was born around 384 bc in Stagira, in the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia, where his father was the royal doctor at that time. He grew up to be arguably the most influential philosopher ever, with modest nicknames like the master and simply the philosopher.
When Aristotle turned 18 years old, he went to the academy in Athens, where he became Plato’s student for the next 19 years.
In 347 BC shortly after Plato’s death, Aristotle left the academy, sources says he left because he was disappointed with the new management and directions of the academy since it was passed down to Plato’s Nephew.
It wasn’t long, around 343 BC, he received a letter from Philip II, King of Mercadon- to help him tutor his fourteen years old son Alexander.
One one his greatest achievements was tutoring Alexander the Great- it was seen as one of his greatest jobs Alexander who soon after went out and conquered the known world.
Aristotle tutored some other great personalities like – Ptonomy of Eygpt and Cassandra
He founded a little school which he called the Lyceum. This was where he wrote many books and conceived so many ideas in different fields of life. His followers were nicknamed peripatetic, the wonders.
Aristotle was fascinated by how many things actually work. How does a chick grow in an egg? How does squid reproduce? Why does a plant grow well in one place, and hardly at all in another, and most importantly, what makes a human life and a whole society go? Well, for Aristotle, philosophy was about practical wisdom.
Here are four big philosophical questions he answered. One, what makes people happy? In the nicomachean ethics, the book got its name because it was edited by his son Nick mcis.
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