2.2.2 Aristotle (384 – 322 BC)
Another great influence on Education was the Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle who came later after Confucius, who was born in Stagira, Chalcidice. Aristotle was first a student in Plato’s philosophy school for around twenty years. Later on he was a philosophy teacher in Atarneus which is located in Asia Minor. Aristotle is known for his school named “Lyceum” which is located in Athens, and he is also known for teaching Alexander the Great who can later. According to Curren from his writings about “Aristotle on the Necessity of Public Education” and Burnet from his writings about “Aristotle on Education: Being Extracts From the Ethics and Politics found in the Encyclopedia , Aristotle deceased from the existing idea of childhood in Greek antiquity at that time, just like his teacher Plato. That philosophy was about children being educated as small adults, and so they were taught with adult literature considering their minds as able to absorb and task like those of the adults. According to Aristotle, the goal of education is to struggle to achieve the greatest goodness and happiness being a member in a city. Most of his philosophy about educating children could be found in the Nicomachean Ethics and Politics; and here he relates to politics as he considers human beings naturally to be political. That is in the social sense, as no one could become happy outside of a community. A person become an individual when he/she becomes an active
This is where he spent the rest of his life studying, writing and teaching. Aristotle’s main areas of interest were in biology, zoology, metaphysics, physics, poetry, music, theatre, logic, ethics, government, politics, and rhetoric. Of these, he was best known for his work in rhetoric, metaphysic, and ethics. Lyceum was known to be the rival school to Plato’s Academy. The main difference in the two schools was the curriculum. Lyceum’s curriculum was based on scientific observation and research. The Academy’s curriculum was based on
Aristotle was born at around 384 BCE in the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, where his father was the royal doctor. He grew up to me, arguably, the most influential philosopher ever, with nicknames like The Master or simply The Philosopher. His first big job was tutoring Alexander the Great, who soon after went out to conquer the known world. Aristotle then headed off to Athens, worked with Plato for a bit, and then branched out on his own. He founded a little school called the Lyceum. He liked to walk about while teaching and discussing ideas. His followers were nicknamed Peripatetic’s. His many books were actually lecture notes. Aristotle was fascinated by how many things actually work. Most importantly, what makes a human life and a
[Opening Statement] In Plato’s The Republic his mentor, Socrates, discusses what the ideal education should include. He claims that “the rearing in music is most sovereign,” and makes an argument to defend his stance (80; bk.3, ln.401, par. d). Education for Socrates is not informative (this is how “education” is mostly viewed in modern times; just filling one’s mind with information), rather, he sees education as a formative tool to shape the soul of an individual. Socrates views music in a much broader sense than what would typically come to mind. “Music” in the Republic refers to both literary education and the conventional song and melody. Socrates’ beliefs on musical education are true, because music is formative, music teaches
Aristotle was born in Stagira, located in northern Greece, in 384 BCE. He later moved to Athens in 367 BCE, which was widely recognized as both the intellectual and cultural center of ancient Greece. He exhausted close to twenty years of his life at Plato’s Academy, first as a student and then later as a teacher. Although philosophy was a prominent study in ancient Greece it was still a relatively new idea, only beginning to flourish in the early sixth century BCE. It was essentially a byproduct created by inquisitive thinkers who were searching for rational methods for the mysteries of nature and mathematics. To accredit Aristotle merely
He began to study and collect sea creatures, and eventually extend his ideas to study sea animal to all living things. He created the first library in Greece, which attracted an impressive amount of scholars to the school he taught at called the Lyceum. Students were able to learn every subject imaginable at the time. Aristotle was credited with being the first thinker to recognize that knowledge is compartmentalized. The school was the center for teaching scientific reasoning and scientific research. Aristotle’s theories, at the time were revolutionary, but were later corrected. In his time he was known as “the man who knew everything.” Aristotle’s influence from his time and even after his death, are considered unparalleled, with the exception of his teacher, Plato his works continue to endure. His writings about how people perceived the world continues to underline many principles, and the knowledge people possessed, because of him people around the world share to solve problems.
Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Stagira a small town in northern Greece around 384 B.C. As Aristotle grew up he studied medicine then at the age of 17 was sent to Athens to study at Plato’s academy. It was imagined that Aristotle would have ran the school after Plato died in 347 B.C but he didn’t because some if his philosophy was different from Plato’s. Around 335 B.C Aristotle ended up opening an institution of his own and called it the Lyceum. Aristotle then settled down for a while over time his wife passed away but Aristotle met another woman named Herpyllis, married her. Also attributed a book to his son named Nicomachean Ethics. Around 323 B.C is when we see Aristotle’s last days, the pro-Macedonian government was
In terms of understanding both sides of the argument I agree completely with Aristotle. I think knowing everything there is to know about a subject you are trying to persuade people to believe makes your argument more believable and a better person.
Alexander was a student of his from the ages of 13-16. When Aristotle returned to Athens for good, he founded his own school called Lyceum. Aristotle not only studied almost every subject possible at the time, but made significant contributions to most of them. He later died in 322 BC in Euboea, Greece from digestive organ failure.
Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. A great philosopher named Aristotle came up with some big ideas that still ring true today. He believed that we should think about things before we discredit them, but we should also think deeper than their appearance.
Aristotle defines happiness as “Happiness depends on ourselves.” More than anybody else, Aristotle enshrines happiness as a central purpose of human life and a goal in itself. Also as of health, knowledge, and friends. Happiness is where we want to be in life. We have to set a goal to successful. Like Nelson Mandela thought that freedom was worth 27 years of his life and he sacrificed is life to a great cost. I think that all three of that thing can obviously help your happiness. I think with health you can have a health problem and still be happy. Like my cousin when she found out she had cancer. She set her goal to fight and be a survivor and she succeeded with her goal. Now she a happy young lady living her life.
The anagnorisis is the moment when a character in the tragedy has an important discovery, goes from ignorant to knowledgable. As the King’s hamartia, which is his pride, leads him plant to kill the servant to be sure that his lineage remains ‘royal’. However because of a switch of potions, he believes that he has killed his daughter, the princess. This death causes a chain reaction which results in the suicide of the servant as well as the queen. When the king has his anagnorisis and realizes that he is the reason for all these deaths he says “My life no longer has any meaning”. He feels remorse for what he has done and the proceeds to commit suicide as retribution.
Aristotle was not just any person. He was one of the most distinguished and important Greek philosophers of all time. Aristotle was born in 384 BCE in the town of Stagira, Greece. His range of work was very broad, covering most of the sciences and many arts such as biology, botany, chemistry, ethics, history, logic, metaphysics, rhetoric, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, physics, poetics, political theory, psychology, and zoology. He was the author of what became the foundation of both Christian Scholasticism and medieval Islamic philosophy. Even after his death in 322 BCE and historic events such as enlightenment, Aristotle’s concepts still remain present in Western thinking and continue to be studied.
Sparta and Socrates have nearly identical virtues; thus, it makes sense that Socratic education, designed to cultivate virtue, also produces guardians that highly resemble the ideal Spartan citizen. Despite different definitions of courage and the absence of justice as a Spartan virtue, the other virtues are indistinguishable. Furthermore, Sparta and Socrates both emphasize physical training in education, although only Socrates views art as equally important (Rep.2.376e; Thucy., 11). Overall, Socratic education produces guardians similar to Spartan citizens due to their similar virtues.
Social justice is about guaranteeing a commitment to equal access of liberties, rights and opportunities to all members of society, while ensuring the care of those least privileged (Robinson). One’s access to education is a social justice issue. This paper aims to analyze whether or not the educational system proposed by Socrates in Plato’s Republic could better serve the United States than its current education system. Having personally experienced Switzerland’s education system, I propose it as a sort of middle ground between Plato’s theory of education, and the current system in place in the United States.
truths, and forms. He had no room in his views for imagination and what he saw