Aristotle Biography For Kids - Greek philosopher

Aristotle. He was a philosopher and teacher of Alexander the Great. He was born in 384 BC, on Stagira Greece. His father's name was Nicomachus. His father Nicomachus named him Aristotle, which means the best purpose. His father served as a personal physician to King Amentus of Macedon. Being a physician's son, he was inspired to his father's scientific work, but didn't show much interest in medicine. When he turned 18, he shifted to Athens to pursue his education at Plato's Academy. He left Athens somewhere in 348-347 BC, spending almost 20 years in the city. In 343 BC, after the death of Hermias, Philip II of Macedon invited him to become the tutor of his son, Alexander. Aristotle became the head of Royal Academy of Macedon. Here he became a tutor, not only to Alexander, but gave lessons to two other future kings, Cassander and Ptolemy, as well. In his role as tutor to Alexander, he encouraged him to conquer East. In 335 BC, he returned to Athens, where he established his own school called Lyceum. For the next 12 years, Aristotle organized his school as a center of research on astronomy, zoology, geography, geology, physics, anatomy, and many other fields. Aristotle wrote 170 books, 47 of which still exist more than 2,000 years later. Aristotle was also a philosopher, who wrote about ethics psychology, economics, theology, political science and rhetoric. Later inventions such as the telescope and the microscope would prove many of Aristotle's theories to be incorrect, but his ideas formed the basis of modern science. Aristotle married two times. First time to Pythias. A daughter was born to the couple. Later he married to Herbulus of Stagera. They blessed with a son. He breathed his last, in 322 BC, in Euboea, due to natural causes, at the age of 62. Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Said, Aristotle.