Aristotle By: Antoine Perkins

Country of Origin Aristotle was born circa 384 B.C in Stagira, a small town on the northern coast of Greece. Stagira was an ancient Greek city on the Chalkidiki and is chiefly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle. Ancient Stagira located about 500 meters southeast of the current settlement of Olympiada, on a small, mountainous and beautiful peninsula called "Liotopi". 322 B.C- Aristotle died.

Family Life His father was a court physician of Amyntas II, king of Macedonia. Named Nicomachus. His mother was named Phaestis. Both of his parents died when he was only ten years of age. When they died his uncle took custody. Not to much known about his family.

Timeline Events During Life 386 B.C. Thebans and Athenians renew war with Sparta. 371 B.C. Theban king Epaminondas defeats Spartans at Leuctra; Thebes dominates Greece. 370 B.C. Plato writes The Republic. 362 B.C. Athens and Sparta form alliance against Thebes. 362 B.C. Theban king Epaminondas wins big victory at Mantinea, but is killed, and Theban power quickly peters out B.C. Philip II is king of Macedonia, having earlier been a hostage and student of Epaminondas, at Thebes, where Philip took lots of notes. 359 B.C. Philip II begins thorough training program for Macedonian army. 350 B.C. Philip II of Macedon organizes special military engineer group. 343 B.C. Rome begins Samnite wars, which last 50 years but secure central Italy B.C. Epicurus and followers, Epicureans, advocating less dependence on material things. 341 B.C. Persians reconquer Egypt.

Timeline Events During Life (Continued) 338 B.C. Rome defeats Latin League (old ally of Rome, there's a lesson here) in Latin Wars 339 B.C. Philip II of Macedonia defeats Athens and Thebes at Chaeronea, establishing Macedonian dominion over Greece B.C. Hellenistic Age 336 B.C. Philip II assassinated; Alexander succeeds him B.C. Alexander rules 336 B.C. Rumors of Alexander's death (while he is fighting northern barbarians) cause several Greek cities to revolt 336 B.C. Alexander comes home, quickly destroys Thebes, and convinces the other cities that rumors of his death are greatly exaggerated 334 B.C. Alexander crosses Hellespont and wins the Battle of Granicus, opening Asia to him 333 B.C. Alexander defeats Persian king Darius III at Battle of Issus 333 B.C. Alexander lays siege to Tyre in Phoenicia 332 B.C. Alexander captures Tyre, Gaza, and Egypt 332 B.C. Alexander founds Alexandria in Egypt (one of over 20 towns by that name which he founded -- not very original, is he?) 331 B.C. Alexander defeats Darius III at Gaugamela or Battle of Arbela: Darius III has army of 300,000 infantry; 40,000 cavalry; 250 chariots; and 50 elephants -- beaten by Alex and 60, B.C. Alexander invades India

Education/Teaching 367 B.C- Went to Athens to study at Plato's Academy. 347 B.C- Left the Academy after the death of Plato. 342 B.C- Became a tutor for Alexander the Great. In 338 B.C Aristotle returned home to Macedonia to start tutoring King Phillip’s II’s son, the thirteen year-old, Alexander the Great. In 335 B.C., Aristotle opened his own institute and spent the next twelve years running his own version of an academy, which was called the Lyceum. 323 B.C- Fled from Athens after the death of Alexander the Great. 322 B.C- Aristotle Died. In 401 B.C he moved to Athens which was considered the academic center of the universe. While in Athens Aristotle enrolled at Plato’s Academy, Greek premier learning institution. He maintained a close relationship with Plato who was a Greek Philosopher.

Major Contribution Two areas he advanced are physics and astronomy. Physics is the study of energy and matter that is scientific in nature. Included in such study is the observation and comprehension of the interaction of said energy and matter. Astronomy is the study of the sun, moon, stars, planets, comets, gas, galaxies, gas, dust and other non-Earthly bodies and phenomena. Aristotle’s biggest contribution to the field of mathematics however was his development of the study of logic, which Aristotle termed "analytics", as the basis for mathematical study.