 Marble bust of Aristotle. Roman copy after a Greek bronze original by Lysippus c. 330 BC. The alabaster mantle is modern | |
| Full name | Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs |
|---|---|
| Born | 384 BC Stageira, Chalcidice |
| Died | 322 BC (age 61 or 62) Euboea |
| Era | Ancient philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Peripatetic school Aristotelianism |
| Main interests | Physics, Metaphysics, Poetry, Theatre, Music, Rhetoric, Politics, Government, Ethics, Biology, Zoology |
| Notable ideas | Golden mean, Reason, Logic, Syllogism, Passion |
children should be conceived in the winter when the wind is in the north
and that if people marry too young the children will be female.
the blood of males is blacker than that of females
the pig is the only animal liable to measles,
that an elephant suffering from insomnia should has its shoulders rubbed with salt, olive oil and warm water
and women have fewer teeth than men
You have to wonder, why Aristotle didn't ask Mrs Plato to open her mouth and give him a chance to count how many teeth she actually had.
Source: Christopher Hitchens
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