Aristotle

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Stageira, Chalcidice, Greece

gender

male

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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle/

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Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction

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Parmenides, Socrates, Plato, Heraclitus, Democritus

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Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology.

Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. He was the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality and aesthetics, logic and science, politics and metaphysics. Aristotle's views on the physical sciences profoundly shaped medieval scholarship, and their influence extended well into the Renaissance, although they were ultimately re...more

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	Politics 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 9,838 ratings — published -350 — 164 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, J.A.K. Thomson (Translator), Jonathan Barnes (Introduction) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 10,902 ratings — published 1861 — 204 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetics by Aristotle, Malcolm Heath (Translator) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 5,270 ratings — published -335 — 207 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metaphysics by Aristotle, Joe Sachs 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 4,377 ratings — published 1992 — 94 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Anima by Aristotle, Hugh Lawson-Tancred (translator) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 1,343 ratings — published -322 — 52 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Works of Aristotle 1: Revised Oxford Translation by Aristotle, Jonathan Barnes (editor) 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 1,006 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Physics by Aristotle, David Bostock (Editor), Robin A.H. Waterfield (Translator) 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 1,109 ratings — published -323 — 58 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle, Hugh Lawson-Tancred (Annotations) 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 1,206 ratings — published -322 — 60 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle, W. Rhys Roberts (translator), Ingram Bywater (translator) 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 822 ratings — published 1954 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Basic Works of Aristotle by Aristotle, Richard Peter McKeon (Editor), C.D.C. Reeve (Contributor - Introduction) 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 700 ratings — published -322 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought (1 book)
by Aristotle, Stephen Everson (Editor), Raymond Geuss (Editor)
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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

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“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
― Aristotle

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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
― Aristotle, Metaphysics

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