Aristotle

Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist from Stagira in northern Greece.

Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist from Stagira. He is best known for founding formal logic and the Lyceum in Athens.

Life

Aristotle was born in 384 BCE in Stagira, northern Greece. He studied at Plato's Academy for about twenty years and later founded his own school, the Lyceum, in Athens. He died in 322 BCE in Chalcis.

Works and thought

Aristotle wrote on logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, biology, and rhetoric. About 31 of his treatises survive. He is considered the father of formal logic and his work shaped how knowledge was organized into distinct disciplines.

Legacy and impact

Aristotle's ideas heavily influenced Christian Scholasticism, medieval Islamic philosophy, and Western thought up to the Enlightenment. He is widely studied in Canadian schools and universities as a foundational figure in philosophy and the history of science.