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Aristotle (384 -322 BC)ARISTOTLES LIFEAristotle, Greek philosopher and scientist, is one of the most famous of ancientphilosophers. He was born in Stagira, Greece to a physician to the royal court.When he became eighteen, Aristotle entered Platos School in Athens and remainedat this academy for twenty years, as a scholarly person and then as a teacher. He wasrecognized as the Academys brightest and was given the title of "TheIntelligence of the School". When Plato died in 347 BC, Aristotle left Athensand joined a group of disciples of Plato, with his friend Hermias. Hermiasbecame ruler of a city called Assos, a city in Asia Minor. Aristotle marriedHermias adopted daughter, Pythias. In 343 or 342 BC, Philip II, king ofMacedonia, told Aristotle to supervise the education of his son, Alexander(later known as "Alexander the Great"). He taught him until 336 BC, whenAlexander became the ruler of Macedonia. Alexander the Great later became theruler of all Greece, and over threw the Iranian Empire. In 334 BC, Aristotlereturned to Athens and started his own school, the Lyceum. Because he taughtwhile walking around, his students were called the Peripatetic students, meaning"walking" or "strolling". When Alexander died in 323 BC, Aristotle was chargedwith impiety (lack of dread to the gods) by the Athenians. The Atheniansprobably did this because they resented                                                   Lu-2 Aristotles friendship with Alexander, the man who conqueredthem. Aristotle fled to Euboea. He died there the next year.ETHICSAristotle believed that there was no way to make an accurate resolution of humane