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| '''Aristotle''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Aristotélēs'') ([[384 BC]] – [[March 7]], [[322 BC]]) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[philosophy|philosopher]], a student of [[Plato]] and teacher of [[Alexander the Great]]. He wrote on diverse subjects, including [[physics]], [[metaphysics]], [[Poetics (Aristotle)|poetry]] (including theater), [[biology]] and [[zoology]], [[logic]], [[rhetoric]], [[politics]], [[government]], and [[ethics]]. Along with [[Socrates]] and [[Plato]], Aristotle was one of the most influential of the [[Greek philosophy|ancient Greek philosophers]]. They transformed [[Greek philosophy]] into the foundations of [[Western philosophy]] as we know it | '''Aristotle''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: ''Aristotélēs'') ([[384 BC]] – [[March 7]], [[322 BC]]) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[philosophy|philosopher]], a student of [[Plato]] and teacher of [[Alexander the Great]]. He wrote on diverse subjects, including [[physics]], [[metaphysics]], [[Poetics (Aristotle)|poetry]] (including theater), [[biology]] and [[zoology]], [[logic]], [[rhetoric]], [[politics]], [[government]], and [[ethics]]. Along with [[Socrates]] and [[Plato]], Aristotle was one of the most influential of the [[Greek philosophy|ancient Greek philosophers]]. They transformed [[Greek philosophy]] into the foundations of [[Western philosophy]] as we know it | ||
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Aristotle (Greek: Aristotélēs) (384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on diverse subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry (including theater), biology and zoology, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, and ethics. Along with Socrates and Plato, Aristotle was one of the most influential of the ancient Greek philosophers. They transformed Greek philosophy into the foundations of Western philosophy as we know it
Aristotle defines philosophy as "the knowledge of being."
See also
- Lai d' Aristote
- Horror theory, Aristotle was the first philosopher to explain why we like horror.
- Objects which in themselves we view with pain, we delight to contemplate when reproduced with minute fidelity: such as the forms of the most ignoble animals and of dead bodies. --Aristotle via the Poetics.
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