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2 days ago · Learn about Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath who founded the Peripatetic school and influenced modern science. Explore his life, theoretical and practical philosophy, surviving works, and depictions in art.
5 days ago · Aristotle was a scientist rather than a prophet, and his Politics, written while he was teaching at the Lyceum at Athens, is only part of an encyclopaedic account of nature and society, in which he analyzes society as if he were a doctor and prescribes remedies for its ills.
3 days ago · A comprehensive overview of Aristotle's best-known work on ethics, its background, synopsis, influence, and editions. Learn about the title, abbreviation, and dating of the Nicomachean Ethics, and how it relates to Aristotle's other practical works.
4 days ago · Aristotle derives his answer from his general theory of reality. According to him, all (terrestrial) substances are composed of two principles: form and matter . All dogs, for example, consist of a form—the form of being a dog—and matter, which is the stuff out of which they are made.
5 days ago · Theophrastus (/ ˌθiː.əˈfræstəs /; Ancient Greek: Θεόφραστος, romanized: Theophrastos, lit. 'godly phrased'; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and naturalist. A native of Eresos in Lesbos, he was Aristotle's close colleague and successor as head of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy in Athens.
3 days ago · Aristotle’s thought had a profound impact on generations of medieval scholars and was crucial for the greatest of the medieval Christian thinkers, St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–74).
14 hours ago · No matter the accuracy of his theories, Aristotle helped lay a foundation for philosophy. • Made by JAK Documentary for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on DVD, 2007. • Producer & Writer: Mark Page • Associate Producer: Jennifer Petrucelli • Editor: Greg Sirota • Series Producer: David Schneider • Executive Producers: George Lucas & Rick McCallum
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