Aristotle

1. Aristotle “Education is the best provision for old age” -Aristotle PowerPoint By: Evie Schwab, Paige Maschmann, ShavaraKroeker

2. Biography • Born circa 384 B.C. in Stagira. • His father, Nicomachus, court physician to Macedonian king Amytas II. • His mother, Phaestis died when Aristotle was young, so there’s not much known about her. • His older sister, Arimnest married Proxenus of Atarneus.

3. Biography Continued… • His father, Nicomachus also died when Aristotle was young, and his sister and her husband became his guardian. • When Aristotle turned 17, Proxenus sent him to Plato’s academy in Athens. • Aristotle proved to be an exemplary student.

4. Biography Continued… • He became close with Plato and many believed he would inherit the position of director. • Because he disagreed with some of Plato’s philosophical theories, he did not inherit the position as director when Plato died in 347 B.C. • Soon after Aristotle opened his school, Lyceum, his wife died and he embarked in a romance with a woman named Heryllis, who was alledgedly Aristotle’s slave, granted to him by the Macedonian court. Scientist concluded that he eventually freed, married her, and she bore him children, including one son named Nicomachus, after Aristotle’s father. • Aristotle died in 322 B.C.

5. Main Studies • Aristotle believed that knowledge could be obtained through interacting with physical objects. • He concluded that objects were made up of a potential that circumstances that manipulated to determine the objects outcome. • He also recongized that human interpretation and personal associations played a role in our understanding of those objects.

6. Main Studies Continued... • Aristotle’s research included Geology. • He attempted, with some error, to classify animals based on simliar chracteristics. • He studied marine biology as well as Earth Science. • One of the main focuses of Aristotle’s philosophy was his systematic concept of logic. • Aristotle’s objective was to come up with a universal process of reasoning that would allow man to learn every conceivable thing about reality.

7. Main Studies Continued... • He wanted to desribe objects based on there characteristics • In his studies, he worked on the study of weather. He identified the watercycle and discussed topics ranging from natural disasters to astrological events.

8. Logic • Aristotle placed all learning in three cateogorgies-theoretical, practical, and productive-and only logic did not fall into any of these. • Aristotle saw logic as a tool that underlay knowledge of all kinds. • Logic enables one to recgonize when a judgement requires proof and to verify the validity of such proof.

9. Fun Facts • Aristotle believed that neither the chicken or the egg came first, but that the IDEA of the chicken came first. • Aristotle thought tat the main difference between humans and animals was the ability to think and reason.

10. Quotes • “Time crumbles things, everthing grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.” • “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” • “He who has overcome his fears is truly free.” • “Education is the best provision for old age.” • “Happiness depends on ourselves.” • “Hope is a waking dream.” • “Most peole would rather give than get affection.”

11. Where We See It • We see Aristotle’s treasties in geography when we study the Earth and it’s movement, or how the angle of the sun on the earth and how the seasons change and precipitation. • We see them in geography when we study the classifications of animals, when we classify them according to if they are verdebrate, inverdebrate, where they live, etc.

12. Work Cited Page • http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/AP-English-Aristotle-Class3994.html • http://2wapworld.com/web/w_posts.php?forum_id=33&topic_id=2655660 • http://www.biography.com/people/aristotle-9188415 • http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/aritsotle/section4/.rhtml