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Aristotle
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Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
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Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
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Aristotle was a true polymath who explored everything from biology to astronomy.
He was a direct student of Plato and later became the personal tutor of Alexander the Great.
His work Poetics is a fundamental pillar for understanding literary criticism and dramatic art.
Born in Stagira, his vast legacy spans over two thousand works on topics as diverse as ethics and politics.
His treatises on logic and metaphysics laid the foundations of Western thought for centuries.
