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    Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in 384 BC in Stagira. He studied at Plato's Academy in Athens until age 37, then tutored Alexander the Great. Aristotle established a library with materials from Alexander and wrote hundreds of books on diverse topics including physics, biology, logic, ethics, and politics. His works profoundly shaped Western philosophy and medieval scholarship. Though only a third of his writings survive, Aristotle's influence continues in many fields today.

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    Aristotle (/rsttl/;[1] Greek: , pronounced [aristotls], Aristotls; 384322

    BC)[2] was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on
    the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a
    child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian.[3] At seventeen or eighteen years
    of age, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens[4] and remained there until the age of thirty-seven
    (c. 347 BC). His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics,
    logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government
    and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Shortly after Plato died,
    Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great
    beginning in 343 BC.[5]

    Teaching Alexander the Great gave Aristotle many opportunities and an abundance of supplies.
    He established a library in the Lyceum which aided in the production of many of his hundreds of
    books, which were written on papyrus scrolls.[6] The fact that Aristotle was a pupil of Plato
    contributed to his former views of Platonism, but, following Plato's death, Aristotle immersed
    himself in empirical studies and shifted from Platonism to empiricism.[7] He believed all peoples'
    concepts and all of their knowledge was ultimately based on perception. Aristotle's views on
    natural sciences represent the groundwork underlying many of his works.

    Aristotle's views on physical science profoundly shaped medieval scholarship. Their influence
    extended from Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages into the Renaissance, and were not
    replaced systematically until the Enlightenment and theories such as classical mechanics. Some
    of Aristotle's zoological observations, such as on the hectocotyl (reproductive) arm of the
    octopus, were not confirmed or refuted until the 19th century. His works contain the earliest
    known formal study of logic, which was incorporated in the late 19th century into modern
    formal logic.

    In metaphysics, Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Judeo-Islamic philosophical and


    theological thought during the Middle Ages and continues to influence Christian theology,
    especially the Neoplatonism of the Early Church and the scholastic tradition of the Roman
    Catholic Church. Aristotle was well known among medieval Muslim intellectuals and revered as
    "The First Teacher" (Arabic: ) .

    His ethics, though always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of
    virtue ethics. All aspects of Aristotle's philosophy continue to be the object of active
    academic study today. Though Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises and dialogues
    Cicero described his literary style as "a river of gold"[8] it is thought that only around a
    third of his original output has survived.[9]

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