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[[File:Aristotle.jpg|thumb|150px|Aristotle]]

[[File:Aristotle.jpg|thumb|150px|Aristotle]]

'''Aristotle''' (384BC - 322BC) was a [[Greek philosopher]] born in the city of Stageira in Chalcidice. He was a student of [[Plato]] and the tutor of [[Alexander the Great]]. Aristotle emphasized reason and observation of the natural world, and he is believed by many to be one of the most important [[philosopher]]s of all [[time]] and the founder of [[empiricism]], the ontological grounding of [[science]]. Aristotle is considered one of the earliest [[political|politics]] thinkers and called politics "the master science"<ref>http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-politics-of-aristotle-by-peter-l-phillips-simpson.jsp</ref>.

'''Aristotle''' (384BC - 322BC) was a [[Greek philosopher]] born in the city of Stageira in Chalcidice. He was a student of [[Plato]] and the tutor of [[Alexander the Great]]. Aristotle emphasized reason and observation of the natural world, and he is believed by many to be one of the most important [[philosopher]]s of all [[time]] and the founder of [[empiricism]], the ontological grounding of [[science]]. Aristotle is considered one of the earliest [[political|politics]] thinkers and called politics "the master science."<ref>http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-politics-of-aristotle-by-peter-l-phillips-simpson.jsp</ref>

Aristotle liked to think and teach while walking, and he lectured by walking along with his students on the covered path in the [[Lyceum]].  This was called the "peripatos", from which the word "peripatetic" (pair-uh-puh-TET-ik) derives, meaning something that is itinerant or related to walking.

Aristotle liked to think and teach while walking, and he lectured by walking along with his students on the covered path in the [[Lyceum]].  This was called the "peripatos", from which the word "peripatetic" (pair-uh-puh-TET-ik) derives, meaning something that is itinerant or related to walking.