Aristotle
Stagirite logic pioneer
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher of the fourth century BCE whose ideas dominated Western thought for nearly two millennia.
A student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great, he wrote on logic, ethics, politics, biology, and metaphysics.
His method of systematic observation and classification shaped scientific inquiry.
References to Aristotle often invoke intellectual authority or classical learning: What would Aristotle say about social media?
Greek philosopher, academy founder
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- LyceumAristotle's Athenian teaching grounds
- AristotelianismPhilosophy derived from Stagira's sage
- golden meanIdeal moderate position
teleology · syllogism · four causes · unmoved mover · potentiality · actuality · substance · essence
Physical material with mass
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- formShape or document
- matterSpace-occupying substance with mass
- potentialityCapacity to develop
actuality · four causes · unmoved mover · universals · particulars · categories · accidents
Formal deductive argument structure
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
validity · inference · proposition · categories · dialectic · fallacy · contradiction · demonstration
Study of organisms
- zoologyStudy of fauna
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
natural history · observation · dissection · botany · classification · organisms · species · causation
Scholastic philosopher-theologian surname
- AvicennaMedieval Persian physician-philosopher
- ScholasticismMedieval academic theology method
- medieval philosophyMiddle Ages intellectual inquiry
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
natural law · Western philosophy · commentaries · translations · Latin translations · scientific method
Greece's capital city
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- Alexander the GreatMacedonian empire builder
- MacedoniaAncient realm, modern nation
- LyceumAristotle's Athenian teaching grounds
Hellenic · classical antiquity · Academy · Philip II · tutor · Greek philosophy · polis · agora
Moral goodness or merit
- golden meanIdeal moderate position
- areteSharp glacial ridge
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- practical wisdomSound judgment in action
temperance · courage · justice · prudence · magnanimity · liberality · moral character · excellence
Plato
Greek philosopher, academy founder
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- LyceumAristotle's Athenian teaching grounds
- AristotelianismPhilosophy derived from Stagira's sage
golden mean · teleology · syllogism · four causes · unmoved mover · potentiality · actuality · substance · essence · catharsis
substance
Physical material with mass
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- formShape or document
- matterSpace-occupying substance with mass
potentiality · actuality · four causes · unmoved mover · universals · particulars · categories · accidents
syllogism
Formal deductive argument structure
- deductionConclusion from premises
- inductionFormal admission process
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
conclusion · validity · inference · proposition · categories · dialectic · fallacy · contradiction · demonstration · definition
biology
Study of organisms
- zoologyStudy of fauna
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
anatomy · natural history · observation · dissection · botany · classification · organisms · species · causation · motion
Aquinas
Scholastic philosopher-theologian surname
- AvicennaMedieval Persian physician-philosopher
- ScholasticismMedieval academic theology method
- medieval philosophyMiddle Ages intellectual inquiry
Renaissance · natural law · Western philosophy · commentaries · translations · Latin translations · scientific method
Athens
Greece's capital city
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- Alexander the GreatMacedonian empire builder
- MacedoniaAncient realm, modern nation
Lyceum · Hellenic · classical antiquity · Academy · Philip II · tutor · Greek philosophy · polis · agora
virtue
Moral goodness or merit
- golden meanIdeal moderate position
- areteSharp glacial ridge
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
practical wisdom · temperance · courage · justice · prudence · magnanimity · liberality · moral character · excellence · flourishing
- GreeceAcropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Greek, Hellenic
- Greek cultureGreece, Greek mythology, Greek history, Greek cuisine, Greek gods
- Ancient GreekGreek alphabet, Greek vocabulary, ancient Greek, Homer, Plato
- Greek conceptslogos, ethos, pathos, hubris, arete
- Greek philosophySocrates, Plato, Pythagoras, Academy, ethics
- ancient AthensAcropolis, Parthenon, Agora, agora, Pericles
AristotlePlato
Greek philosopher, academy founder
idealists · rationalists · René Descartes · Berkeley · Descartes
AristotleGalileo Galilei
Francis Bacon · Isaac Newton · Copernicus · William of Ockham
AristotleHeraclitus
Pre-Socratic philosopher of flux
skeptics · Nietzsche · Derrida · deconstructionists · Whitehead
- Aristotle's lanternUrchin feeding structure
- Aristotelian physicsAncient Greek motion theory
- Aristotle OnassisGreek shipping billionaire