Background

    Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.

    - Aristotle, Politics


     

  • Aristotle was born in 384 BC at Stagira in northern Greece.
  • He was the son of Nicomachus, a physician with close connections to the Macedonian court.
  • Some believe it to be his father's influence that gave Aristotle his interest in anatomy and the structure of living things in general.
  • He was a Greek philosopher and scientist.