Aristotle
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ancient Greek philosopher
biologist
ethicist
human
logician
metaphysician
philosopher
political philosopher
polymath
rhetorician
scientist
Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath whose works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and natural science profoundly shaped Western thought and intellectual history.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aristotle canonical | 431 |
| Aristotele | 1 |
| Aristotelis | 1 |
| Aristotle’s family | 1 |
| First Teacher (Aristotle) | 1 |
| the works of Aristotle | 1 |
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosopher
ⓘ
biologist ⓘ ethicist ⓘ human ⓘ logician ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ polymath ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 384 BC ⓘ |
| birthName | Aristotle self-link ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Chalcidice
ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ Stagira ⓘ |
| child | Nicomachus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| deathDate | 322 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Chalcis
ⓘ
Euboea ⓘ |
| developed |
doctrine of substance
ⓘ
doctrine of the mean ⓘ hylomorphism ⓘ syllogistic logic ⓘ teleological view of nature ⓘ theory of the four causes ⓘ unmoved mover concept ⓘ virtue ethics ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Academy of Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Plato's Academy
|
| employer | Macedonian court ⓘ |
| era |
Ancient philosophy
ⓘ
Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| father |
Nicomachus
ⓘ
surface form:
Nicomachus of Stagira
|
| fieldOfWork |
biology
ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ natural science ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ poetics ⓘ political theory ⓘ psychology ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| founded |
Lyceum of Aristotle
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surface form:
Lyceum
|
| influenced |
Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ Christian theology ⓘ Islamic philosophy ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Maimonides ⓘ Theophrastus ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
Western philosophy ⓘ medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Plato
ⓘ
Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Socratic philosophers
Socrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comprehensive philosophical system
ⓘ
foundational work in formal logic ⓘ systematic treatises across many disciplines ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother | Phaestis ⓘ |
| movement | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Theophrastus ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Categories
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Generation of Animals ⓘ History of Animals ⓘ Metaphysics ⓘ Nicomachean Ethics ⓘ On Interpretation ⓘ On the Soul ⓘ Parts of Animals ⓘ Physics ⓘ Poetics ⓘ Politics ⓘ Posterior Analytics ⓘ Prior Analytics ⓘ Rhetoric ⓘ |
| occupation |
teacher
ⓘ
tutor ⓘ |
| proposed | geocentric cosmology ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| schoolTradition | Aristotelianism ⓘ |
| spouse | Pythias ⓘ |
| studentOf | Plato ⓘ |
Referenced by (436)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the works of Aristotle
subject surface form:
John Stuart Mill
subject surface form:
Academy of Athens (ancient)