> 384 B.C. to 322 B.C.
> Born in Stagira, Greece
> The line-up was Socrates teaching Plato; Plato teaching Aristotle; Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great.
> Aristotle’s school was in Athens; and branded the ‘Lyceum’.
> Aristotle is the Father of Biology; based upon his works in Physics, Metaphysics, Rhetoric and Ethics.
> At the Lyceum, Aristotle developed the habit of walking while teaching; creating the term, ‘the walk about’.
> Aristotle had two primary lecturing styles: In the morning he provided detailed
lectures to his advanced students. In the evening, Aristotle offered general over views to the entire class.
> When he left Athens, after the death of Alexander The Great; Aristotle left
Theophrastus to carry on his teachings.
Aristotle's Published Works
Logic
· Categories (10 classifications of terms)
· On Interpretation (propositions, truth, modality)
· Prior Analytics (syllogistic logic)
· Posterior Analytics (scientific method and syllogism)
· Topics (rules for effective arguments and debate)
· On Sophistical Refutations (informal fallacies)
Physical Works
· Physics (explains change, motion, void, time)
· On the Heavens (structure of heaven, earth, elements)
· On Generation (through combining material constituents)
· Meteorologics (origin of comets, weather, disasters)
Psychological Works
· On the Soul (explains faculties, senses, mind, imagination)
· On Memory, Reminiscence, Dreams, and Prophesying
Works on Natural History
· History of Animals (physical/mental qualities, habits)
· On the parts of Animals
· On the Movement of Animals
· On the Progression of Animals
· On the Generation of Animals
· Minor treatises
· Problems
Philosophical Works
· Metaphysics
· Nicomachean Ethics
· Eudemain Ethics
· Magna Moralia
· Politics
· Rhetoric
· Poetics