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Aristotle

384 BC–322 BC

Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BC)

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Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning 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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Artifacts (15)

Florentine 15th Century, Bust of Aristotle, 15th century, NGA 43846

Florentine 15th Century

15th century
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Aristotle and Alexander of Aphrodisias

Ulocrino

1500-1525
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Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)

1653 · Oil on canvas
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Aristotle 1

Ambroise Tardieu

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Portrait of Aristotle - from Super Physicam Aristotelis, 1595 - BEIC 4733624

Tommaso : d'Aquino

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Aristotle Altemps Inv8575

After Lysippos

after 330 BC
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Campaspe Riding Aristotle

Unknown

ca. 1320-1330
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Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis

late 14th or early 15th century · Bronze; Quaternary copper alloy (approx. 72% copper, approx. 17% zinc,
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Gent, Justus van - Aristotle - c. 1476

Justus van Gent

circa 1476
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Aristotle and Phyllis

Hans Burgkmair

Woodcut; first state of two (Hollstein)
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Aristotle and Phyllis

Master MZ

c. 1500 · Engraving in black on cream laid paper
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The Ethics of Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle By Aristotle Introduction by J. A. Smith Contents INTRODUCTION ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS BOOK I BOOK II BOOK III BOOK IV BOOK V BOOK VI ...

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Aristotle's History of Animals: In Ten Books

Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Italics have been...

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Politics

BOOK I CHAPTER I As we see that every city is a society, and every society Ed. is established for some good purpose; for an apparent [Bekker 1252a] good is the spring of all human...

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Nicomachean Ethics

BOOK I Chapter I. Every art, and every science reduced to a teachable form, and in like manner every action and moral choice, aims, it is thought, at some good: for which reason a common and...

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