On the Heavens: 006

Synopsis

Aristotle, great greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at stagirus in 384 bce, was the son of nicomachus, a physician, and phaestis. He studied under plato at athens and taught there (367-47); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, hermeias, in asia minor and at this time married pythias, one of hermeias's relations. After some time at mitylene, in 343-2 he was appointed by king philip of macedon to be tutor of his teen-aged son alexander.