Aristotle
OriginGreece
Era384 BC
SchoolAncient
About Aristotle
Tutored Alexander the Great. Founded the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school. Invented formal logic, which remained the definitive system for 2,000 years. Wrote on physics, biology, ethics, politics, poetry, and rhetoric. His works were lost to the West for centuries and rediscovered through Arabic translations.
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