Aristotle

By: Pratyu ChunduMorrison- 1st hourEdcanvas project

Due: March 13, 2013

Birth

• Born in Macedonia• Father- Nicomachus, a doctor near Macedon• Not a poor family• Soon moved to Athens

Early Days

• A young man- 350 B.C.- went to Plato’s Academy• Did very well• Was not chosen to lead after Plato’s death• Moved back to Macedonia to tutor Alexander the Great• Went back to Athens and opened Lyceum• He was really into science- biology• Putting man-made control over the “chaotic natural

world”• Created classification system- governments (monarchy,

oligarchy, etc.)

Later/Death Days

• Wrote aboutethics, psychology, economics, theology, politics, and rhetoric

• Classified most animals• His definition of Meteorology was much more broad

than the modern definition • Alexander died- everyone accused him of being on

the side of the Macedonians• Went back to Macedonia to avoid all the accusations• Few years later he died

Quotes

• "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit.“

• "We must reduce everything to the simplest form possible, but no simpler.“

• "We think in pictures. If you wish to change what you think, change the picture."

Basic Facts

• Tutored Alexander the Great• Opened a school in competition with Plato’s Academy• Wrote 170 books• 47 still existed thousands of years later• Star Pupil in Plato’s Academy• More into science that Plato and Socrates• Organized his school by- astronomy, zoology,

geography, geology, physics, anatomy, and many other fields

The End!