An imagined likeness of Aristotle, drawn from contemporary accounts and later engravings.
Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. 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.
“Aristotelianism Theoretical philosophy Aristotelian logic” — a single phrase that gathers the spirit of the work.
Principal Contributions
- 01.Aristotelianism Theoretical philosophy Aristotelian logicA concept central to Aristotle's thought.
- 02.syllogism Four causes Genus and differentia HylomorphismA concept central to Aristotle's thought.
- 03.substanceA concept central to Aristotle's thought.
- 04.essenceA concept central to Aristotle's thought.
- 05.accident Hypokeimenon Potentiality and actuality Theory of universals Unmoved mover Natural philosophy Aristotelian biology Aristotelian physics Common sense Eternity of the world Five wits Horror vacui Theory of elementsA concept central to Aristotle's thought.
- 06.aether Rational animal Practical philosophy Aristotelian ethics Catharsis DeliberativeA concept central to Aristotle's thought.