Aristotle (Person)
Aristotle
384 BC - 322 BC
An Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath who was a student of Plato and a tutor of . His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology and the arts.
Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip II of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great beginning in 343 BC
As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
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Aristotle and his Disciples Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Strato of Lampsacus. Part of a fresco in the portico of the University of Athens painted by Carl Rahl, c. 1888
Statue of Aristotle near the School Where he taught in Macedonia
Excavations of the "Aristotle School" The place where Aristotle taught Alexander the Great near modern day Naousa
Aristotle's School 1880s painting by Gustav Adolph Spangenberg
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