Aristotle Isolates Science as a Discipline
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- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Philosophy, Education, Medicine, Health, Natural Phenomena
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Scientists, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Greece
- Date: 325-323
Article abstract: Aristotle was the first philosopher to approach the study of nature in a systematic way, establishing science as a discipline and providing a starting place for natural philosophers into the Middle Ages.
Summary of Event
Born in Stagira in northern Greece and the son of the physician to Amyntas II of Macedonia (r. c. 393-370/369), Aristotle came to Athens when he was seventeen years old and studied at Plato’s Academy for twenty years. When Plato died in 347 b.c.e., Aristotle left the academy and traveled for twelve years, visiting...
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