A statue of philosipher Aristotle (Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpg)Aristotle was born around 384 BCE and died in 322 BCE in Stagira, Greece.
Other than philosophizing, Aristotle was a teacher. He taught the likes of a young Alexander the Great. Aristotle also started his own school in 335 B.C.E called the Lyceum. After this, Aristotle spent his life as a writer, a researcher and a teacher in Athens. Aristotle's main mission was philosophy. His main goal to create a process in which man can learn, "every conceivable thing about reality" Aristotle also wrote about how man can learn from deduction and inference. A deduction, according to Aristotle, is an argument which, "when certain things are laid down, something else follows out of necessity in virtue of their being so". Aristotles early theory of deduction is now known as syllogism. His philosophy also touched on ethnics. In one of his writings he describes a "code of conduct" for one to live. He called this code "good living".
Aristotle is believed to have written around 200 books, most being written at his time in the Lyceum. However, only 31 of those 200 writings are still around today. Aristotles major writings include the following
Logic
- On Interpretation
- Prior Analytic
- Posterior analytic
Matter
- Metaphysics
The "good living" conduct books
- Nicomachean Ethnics
- Eudemian Ethnics
Arts
- Rhetoric
- On the Heavens
- On the Soul
Aristotle's life is still very important today. His philosophy paved the way for more than seven centuries of philosophers. Aristotle's works influenced writers through the Renaissance.
Source: http://www.biography.com/people/aristotle-9188415
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