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Background Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had. - Aristotle, Politics * Aristotle was born in 384 BC at Stagira in northern Greece. * He was the son of Nicomachus, a physician with close connections to the Macedonian court. * Some trust it to be his fathers fascinate that gave Aristotle his interest in anatomy and the structure of living things in general. * He was a Greek philosopher and scientist. Life / Career Education is the best purvey for the journey to old age. - Aristotle * Aristotle went to Athens to study at Platos Academy at the age of 17. He stayed for 20 years, first as a scholarly person and then as a teacher. * Aristotle moved to Assos, a city in Asia Minor, after the death of Plato in 347 BC. Here he counseled his friend, Hermias of Atarneus, and married Hermias niece and take daughter, Pythias. * After Hermias execution at the hands of the Persians in 345 BC, Ari stotle travelled to Pella, the Macedonian capital. * In 342 BC, he began tutoring King Philip IIs young son Alexander, who later became cognise as Alexander the Great. * When Alexander became king in 335 BC, Aristotle returned to Athens where he founded his own inform, the Lyceum. * The Lyceum was involved in a greater clench of subjects than the Academy, even during Platos time. * The Lyceum was often refered to as the Peripatetic (walking or strolling) school because many teacher-student discussions took place while walking on its grounds. * Aristotle spent the ultimately year of his life at a family estate in genus Chalcis on the Aegean island of what is now Evvoia. He died in 322 BC. Many believe Aristotle to be the most influential philosopher in the history of Western thought. * The logic of this last century was based on much of his thoughts and logic.