Aristotle (/ˈærɪˌstɒtəl/; Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης [aristotélɛːs] Aristotélēs; 384 – 322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in Stagirus northern Greece in 384 BCE. His father Nicomachus died when Aristotle was a child whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen he joined Plato’s Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven (c. 347 BCE).
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birth date
-384-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Stagira (ancient city)
death date
-322-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Chalcis
era
Ancient philosophy
influenced
Age of Enlightenment, Islamic philosophy, Jewish philosophy, Western philosophy, Christian philosophy, List of writers influenced by Aristotle
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