Aristotle Biography and Quotes

Famously Known For

Aristotle is known for tutoring Alexander the Great from 338 BC 

His major works include Poetics, Metaphysics, De Anima, Nicomachean Ethics, Rhetoric, Eudemus, and Politics.

He is also known to be the founder of formal logic and greatly contributed to science and philosophy. Scholars still consider Aristotle to be the father of psychology. 

Early Life

He was born in Stagira, Greek. He was the son of Nicomachus who served as king Amyntas’s physician. The name Aristotle means “the best purpose.” Being the son of a physician exposed to medicine, but he did not take much interest in it. Instead, he moved to Athens and joined Plato’s school. 

Education

Plato taught Aristotle in Athens.  

Profession

Aristotle worked as the head of the royal academy of Macedon. The school provided education to noble children such as Alexander the Great, Cassander, and Ptolemy. 

He returned to Athens in 335 BC and started his school known as Lyceum, where he taught various subjects and worked on his writings for 12 years.  

Personal Life

Aristotle got married to Pythias while staying in Mysia. Together, they had a daughter that was named after her mother. Unluckily, Aristotle’s wife died in 335 BC when Aristotle had just opened his new school. He went ahead and married Herpyllis of Stagira. It is said that Herpyllis may have been granted to Aristotle as a slave by the Macedonian court for working as a tutor. 

In 323 when Alexander the Great died, Aristotle was charged with heresy for being an ally to Alexander. To avoid prosecution, he fled to Chalcis in Euboea where he stayed until his death. 

Death

Aristotle died in 322 BC after suffering a digestive disease. He had named Antipater as his chief executor upon his death, and his will indicated that he was to be buried next to his wife. 

Aristotle was 62 years of age when he breathed his last.

Quotes by Aristotle

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