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Aristotle (}}}, Aristotélēs) (384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote books on many subjects, including physics, poetry, zoology, logic, rhetoric, government, and biology. Aristotle, along with Plato and Socrates, is generally considered one of the most influential of ancient Greek philosophers. They transformed Presocratic Greek philosophy into the foundations of Western philosophy as we know it. The writings of Plato and Aristotle founded two of the most important schools of Ancient philosophy.
__TOC__ Aristotle valued knowledge gained from the senses and in modern terms would be classed among the modern empiricists (see materialism and empiricism). He also achieved a "grounding" of dialectic in the Topics by allowing interlocutors to begin from commonly held beliefs (Endoxa); his goal being non-contradiction rather than Truth. He set the stage for what would eventually develop into the empirical scientific method some two millennia later. Although he wrote dialogues early in his career, no more than fragments of these have survived. The works of Aristotle that still exist today are in treatise form and were, for the most part, unpublished texts. These were probably lecture notes or texts used by his students, and were almost certainly revised repeatedly over the course of years. As a result, these works tend to be eclectic, dense and difficult to read. Among the most important ones are Physics, Metaphysics (or Ontology), Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, De Anima (On the Soul) and Poetics. These works, although connected in many fundamental ways, are very different in both style and substance.
Aristotle is known for being one of the few figures in history who studied almost every subject possible at the time, probably being one of the first polymaths. In science, Aristotle studied anatomy, astronomy, economics, embryology, geography, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. In philosophy, Aristotle wrote on aesthetics, ethics, government, metaphysics, politics, psychology, rhetoric and theology. He also dealt with education, foreign customs, literature and poetry. His combined works practically constitute an encyclopedia of Greek knowledge.
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Aristotle - Overview includes sections on myth of his suicide, writings, and bibliography.
Aristotle - University of Michigan site explaining how the Greek philosopher believed in a geocentric universe and four elements.
Aristotle - Short biography, with special attention paid to the impact of his Poetics.
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Aristotle - Immortal Philosopher of Antiquity - Survey of Aristotle's logical work, especially his Organon and the syllogistic and dialectic elements in his philosophy.
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Aristotle and Aristotelian Ethics - Discussion forum, lectures, and links to texts on Aristotle's ethical theories.
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Aristotle the Mathematician - Biography and overview of Aristotle's mathematical contributions. Provided by the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
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Aristotle's Ethics - Discussion of Aristotle's ethical views; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Richard Kraut.
Aristotle's Metaphysics - Aristotle's notions of category and substance by S. Marc Cohen.
Aristotle's Poetics: Complexity and Pleasure - An essay by Souvik Mukherjee, which considers the Poetics in the context of Plato and more recent writers.
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Aristotle's Political Philosophy Page - Collection of links and articles dealing with all aspects of Aristotle's political philosophy.
Aristotle's Rhetoric - Discussion of one of Aristotle's major works by Christof Rapp.
Aristotle's science of being qua being - A study of the definition of metaphysics as science of being qua being in the work of Aristotle.
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Aristotle, Classic Technique, and Greek Drama - A brief study of the Poetics, by Martha Fletcher Bellinger.
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Biography of Aristotle - This article suggests that Aristotle, more than any other thinker, determined the orientation and the content of Western intellectual history.
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ClassicNotes: Aristotle - Short biography of Aristotle written by Harvard students.
European Graduate School - Aristotle - Featuring the Greek philosopher and discussing his writings about logic, physical and psychological works, and works on natural history.
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle - Biography and analysis.
Island of Freedom: Aristotle - A short biography and some quotes.
Non-contradiction.com: Aristotle - Database of information about Aristotle and Aristotelian philosophy.
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Physics by Aristotle - Part of the Internet Classics Archive at MIT. Aristotle's ideas held sway for 1500+ years, and there is still reference to Aristotelian thinking in education circles today. Read what it's all about.
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Radical Academy - The Philosophy of Aristotle - A series of essays on Aristotle and Aristotelian philosophy, and criticism from a radical perspective.
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Science and Human Values - Aristotle - Article by Prof. Fred L. Wilson of the Rochester Institute of Technology on Aristotle's impact on the History and Philosophy of Science
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Slice of Philosophy: Aristotle (384-322 BC) - Biography and a listing of the works of Aristotle.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle's Logic - Survey of Aristotle's logical work, with a focus on the Organon
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle's Political Theory - An article by Fred D. Miller, Jr.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle's Psychology - Recounts the principal and distinctive claims of Aristotle's psychological writings, especially De Anima
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