Paris aristotle biography and contribution
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Aristotle's Early Life
Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. in Stagira in northern Greece.
Paris aristotle biography and contribution
Both of his parents were members of traditional medical families, and his father, Nicomachus, served as court physician to King Amyntus III of Macedonia. His parents died while he was young, and he was likely raised at his family’s home in Stagira.
At age 17 he was sent to Athens to enroll in Plato's Academy. He spent 20 years as a student and teacher at the school, emerging with both a great respect and a good deal of criticism for his teacher’s theories.
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Plato’s own later writings, in which he softened some earlier positions, likely bear the mark of repeated discussions with his most gifted student.
Did you know? Aristotle's surviving works were likely meant as lecture notes rather than literature, and his now-lost writings were apparently of much better quality.
The Roman philosopher Cicero said that "If Plato's prose was silver, Aristotle's was a flowing river of gold."
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