Aristotle (384-322 BC)

• Student of Plato (427 - 347)

• Aristotle was noted for his works on Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics, Politics, ….

• Alexander the Great was his student!

• Webster’s Dictionary

  • Aristotelian: A person characterized by empirical or practical thinking
  • Platonist: A person characterized by idealistic or visionary thinking

• Aristotle’s Physics
  • Characterized by observation and empirical reasoning
  • But more deeply Aristotle believed in “Metaphysics” as theultimate cause for everything observed
  • “Teleology” - Belief in “ultimate cause” at a deeper level than what one perceives (see March p 6)

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