Aristotle was one of the most influential people that ever lived. He was known for many different things, but his thoughts on logic are still looked at today. He was also known for his influence on many powerful people of his era. Friedrich Nietzsche also used a lot of Aristotle's teachings when developing his own teachings on philosophy. Aristotle's teachings continue to influence us today.
Aristotle basically created formal logic. He created a lot of ways of organizing and define everything we see around us. The first classification of five basic elements was created by Aristotle. These were fire, earth, air, water, and aether (the stuff god's are made of). He also attempt to explain existence and the reasons we know we exist with his four causes theory. His four causes are material cause, formal cause, efficient cause, final cause.Aristotle had a big effect on the evolution of society, but a lot of the negative teachings of that era are shown in his thoughts.
Even though Aristotle was very influential, he was stuck in a time where intolerance was thought as fact. Aristotle thought that women were colder then men and therefor a lower life form. Aristotle believed that woman could not fully be human. Even though he didn't think much of woman he did advocate the equality of men and woman's happiness. Aristotle was the begining of many things. Without him socity wouldn't have been the same.
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Good biography on him and what he did.
ReplyDeleteThis was a good post on Aristotle you explained a lot. It's weird that a philosopher's idea impact information systems. Have you taken any philosophy classes at Eastern?
ReplyDeleteI took two philosophy classes. The first was a genral philosophy class and the second was more of a study on the diffrent phlosophies of life. I really recomend the second one.
ReplyDeleteI think that this was a well rounded view of the man we call Aristotle. I have taken a few classes on greek culture and mythology in the past, and his name seems to pop up quite a few times. However, many people hold him in very high esteem, while the true man may have been very different. I am not saying he was not intelligent, especially for his time. All I am trying to say is that he was very opinionated, and it is noted that he did not take much feedback or listen to ideas from others. I also liked the fact that you pointed out that he was horribly wrong on many issues. This of course may be contributed to the fact that his thinking was far ahead of his era.
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