384
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Aristotle born to Phaestis and Nichomachus.
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374
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Aristotle’s father dies.
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367
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344
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Aristotle lives in Lesbos; for biological research.
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343-340
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Aristotle tutors Alexander in Pella, Macedonia.
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In 384 Aristotle was born to Phaestis and Nichomachus. Ten years later Nichomachus, Aristotle's father died. Aristotle was taken in by his sisters husband Proxenus of Atarneu who sent Aristotle to Plato's Academy when he came of age.
After Plato’s death and Aristotle’s Aristotle’s friends Hermias, king of Atarneus and Assos in Mysia, invited Aristotle to his court where he met his first wife Pythias, Hermias’ niece. Together, the couple had a daughter, Pythias.
After Alexander the Great conquered Athens, Aristotle opened the Lyceum. In the same year his first wife Pythias died. Soon after, Aristotle embarked on a romance with a woman named Herpyllis. It is rumored Herpyllis may have been Aristotle’s slave, gifted to him by the Macedonia court. It is known for a fact Herpyllis bore Aristotle children, including one son named Nicomachus, after Aristotle’s father.
When Aristotle’s former student Alexander the Great died suddenly in 323 B.C., the pro-Macedonian government was overthrown, and in light of anti-Macedonia sentiment, Aristotle was charge with impiety. To avoid being prosecuted, he left Athens and fled to Chalcis on the island of Euboea, where he would remain until his death.
In 322 B.C. Aristotle’s fled to Chalcis to escape prosecution under charges of impiety, Aristotle contracted an illness and died.
In the century following his death, his works fell out of use, but were revived during the first century. They came to lay the foundation of more than seven centuries of philosophy.
Aristotle’s work influenced scholars all the way through the Renaissance.
Aristotle’s influence on Western thought in the humanities and social sciences is largely considered unparalleled, with the exception of his teacher Plato, and Plato’s teacher Socrates.
After Plato’s death and Aristotle’s Aristotle’s friends Hermias, king of Atarneus and Assos in Mysia, invited Aristotle to his court where he met his first wife Pythias, Hermias’ niece. Together, the couple had a daughter, Pythias.
After Alexander the Great conquered Athens, Aristotle opened the Lyceum. In the same year his first wife Pythias died. Soon after, Aristotle embarked on a romance with a woman named Herpyllis. It is rumored Herpyllis may have been Aristotle’s slave, gifted to him by the Macedonia court. It is known for a fact Herpyllis bore Aristotle children, including one son named Nicomachus, after Aristotle’s father.
- Aristotle is believed to have named his famed philosophical work Nicomachean Ethics in tribute to his son.
When Aristotle’s former student Alexander the Great died suddenly in 323 B.C., the pro-Macedonian government was overthrown, and in light of anti-Macedonia sentiment, Aristotle was charge with impiety. To avoid being prosecuted, he left Athens and fled to Chalcis on the island of Euboea, where he would remain until his death.
In 322 B.C. Aristotle’s fled to Chalcis to escape prosecution under charges of impiety, Aristotle contracted an illness and died.
In the century following his death, his works fell out of use, but were revived during the first century. They came to lay the foundation of more than seven centuries of philosophy.
Aristotle’s work influenced scholars all the way through the Renaissance.
Aristotle’s influence on Western thought in the humanities and social sciences is largely considered unparalleled, with the exception of his teacher Plato, and Plato’s teacher Socrates.