Aristotle

@Aristotle Aristotle was born in 384 BC at Stagires a Greek colony and seaport on the coast of Thrace. His father was Nichomachus hows was a court physician to King Amyntas of Macedomia but his father died when he was a young boy. At age 17 his gardian, Proxenus, sent him to Athens, to complete his education. (Anonymous,2006. www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aristotl.htm ).

Aristotle was trained first in medicine, then in 367 he went to Athens to study philosophy with Plato. He stayed at Plato's Academy till about 347. He was a very smart pupil, but opposed some of Plato's teachings. When Plato died Aristotle wasn't appointed head of the Academy. After leaving Athens, he spent somethime traveling, studying biology in Asia Minor (Turkey) and the inlands. When he returned to Macedonia in 338 to tutor Alexander the Great, later when Alexander conquered Athens, Aristotle went with him to set up his own school, known as Lyceum. When Alexander the Great died, Athens rebelled against Macedomian rule, and Aristotle's political situation became precarious. He fled to the islands of Euboea to avoid being put to death, but died shortly there after in 322 BC.

(Aristotle on right and Plato is on left) (Anonymous,2006. www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aristotl.htm ).

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Aristotle argued that the goal of human beings is happiness, and that we achieve happiness when we fulfill our function. there for you have to figure out what function is. Function of a thing is what it can do alone, or what it can do bast. example function of the eyess is to see and a knife is to cut. Aristotle declared that a human being is "the rational animal" whose fuction is to reason. For Aristotle, a happy life for human beings is a life goverened by reason. "Aristotles Philosophy." __World Book Encyclopedia__. 1989 ed.

Therefor it follows that Aristotle pursued a philosipy of principle ethics because he relied upon logic, reasoning and rationale as the the rational animal. His ideal person practices behaving reasonably and properly until he or she can do so naturally and without effort. he used logic and personal values to establish an order of moral and ethical behavior. "Aristotles Philosophy." __World Book Encyclopedia.__ 1989 ed.