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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 fathers influence that gave Aristotle his interest in anatomy and the structure of living things in general. * He was a Greek philosopher and scientist. Life / Career Education is the best provision for the journey to old age. - Aristotle * Aristotle went to capital of Greece to study at Platos Academy at the age of 17. He stayed for 20 years, first as a student and then as a teacher. * Aristotle move to Assos, a city in Asia Minor, after the death of Plato in 347 BC. Here he counseled his friend, Hermias of Atarneus, and married Hermias niece and adopted daughter, Pythias. * After Hermias execution at the hands of the Persians in 345 BC , Aristotle travelled to Pella, the Macedonian capital. * In 342 BC, he began tutoring King Philip IIs young son Alexander, who later became known as Alexander the Great. * When Alexander became king in 335 BC, Aristotle returned to capital of Greece where he founded his own develop, the Lyceum. * The Lyceum was involved in a greater range of subjects than the Academy, even during Platos time. * The Lyceum was often refered to as the Peripatetic (walking or strolling) school because many teacher-student discussions took place while walking on its grounds. * Aristotle spent the last year of his life at a family estate in Chalcis on the Aegean island of what is now Evvoia. He died in 322 BC. Many believe Aristotle to be the most influential philosopher in the history of Western thought. * The logic of this last cytosine was based on much of his thoughts and logic.