Dubbed as the father of science. Aristotle was born in the town of Stagira, Macedonia, 384 BC, his father was a notable physicist.
At the age of seventeen to go to Athens under Aristotle studied at the Academy of Plato. He lived there for twenty years until Plato died shortly.
From his father, Aristotle may get a boost of interest in the field of biology and "practical knowledge". Under Plato he instilled an interest in matters philosophical speculation.
In 342 BC, Aristotle returned to Macedonia, becoming a teacher a child King aged thirteen years later in history was made famous by Alexander the great. Aristotle educate the young Alexander in a few years.
In 335 BC, after Alexander ascended the throne, Aristotle returned to Athens and opened his own school there, Lyceum. He was in Athens of twelve years, a time which is in unison with the military conquests of Alexander's career. Alexander did not ask for counsel to former teacher, but he was kind enough to provide funds made Aristotle for investigations-investigation.
Perhaps this is the first example in history of a scientist received a large amount of funding from the Government for the purposes of the investigation and is the latest in the following centuries.
However, its relationship with Alexander contain various dangers. Aristotle rejects in principle the way Alexander dictatorship and when the Conqueror Alexander Aristotle's cousin sentenced on charges of menghianat, Alexander had also killed the thoughts of Aristotle.
On the one hand avail in democratic eyes on Aristotle's Alexander, he also had a close relationship with Alexander and trusted by the people of Athens. When Alexander's death in 323 BC, the anti-Macedonian holding power in Athens and the Aristotle ever indicted brash to the gods.
Aristotle, was reminded of the fate that befell Socrates 76 years earlier, ran away leaving the city and said he would not be given a second chance to those times Athens sinning against the philosophers. Aristotle died in exile a few months later in 322 BC at the age of sixty-two years.
The results are pure works of Aristotle's numbers are astounding. Forty-seven of his works still persist. List of ancient records of not less than one hundred and seventy books the result of his creation. Not even just a large number of book titles only, but rather a broad power range of civilization is the subject of renungannya also no less – less great.
The scientific work is downright encyclopedias of science for its time. Aristotle wrote about astronomy, zoology, embryologi, geography, geology, physics, Anatomy, physiologi and nearly each of his works known in the time of ancient Greece.
The results of scientific work, is, in part, a collection of knowledge acquired from the special assistants are hired to gather data for it, while others are the result of a spate of his observations of his own.
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