Dialogue 17 2001 aristotle biography
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Aristotle’s Arguments for his Political Anthropology and the Natural Existence of the Polis
1Aristotle’s Politics is not only famous for its theory of constitutions, but for its statements about human nature. According to the central claim of Aristotle’s political anthropology, man is by nature a political animal (phusei politikon zôon)1. This famous statement is presented as the conclusion of the first set of arguments that Aristotle develops in the second chapter of book I of the Politics (Pol., I, 2, a24– a3). Aristotle’s statement is inextricably linked with the claim that the polis exists by nature (phusei), which he mentions in the same phrase, as part of his conclusion: “From these considerations it is evident that the polis is one of the things that exist by nature, and that man is by nature a political animal” (Pol., I, 2, a1– 3)2. Evidently, the claims that the polis exists by nature and that man is by nature a political animal are complem
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Notes to Chapter Four. Studies of Aristotle’s Biography from Zeller to the Present Day
"Notes to Chapter kvartet. Studies of Aristotle’s Biography from Zeller to the Present Day". Aristotle: His Life and School, Princeton: Princeton University Press, , pp.
(). Notes to Chapter kvartet. Studies of Aristotle’s Biography from Zeller to the Present Day. In Aristotle: His Life and School (pp. ). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Notes to Chapter Four. Studies of Aristotle’s Biography from Zeller to the Present Day. Aristotle: His Life and School. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp.
"Notes to Chapter Four. Studies of Aristotle’s Biography from Zeller to the Present Day" In Aristotle: His Life and School, Princeton: Princeton University Press,
Notes to Chapter Four. Studies of Aristotle’s Biography from Zeller to the Present Day. In: Aristotle: His Life and School. Princeton: Princeton University Press; p
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Aristotle’s biomedical project
1According to the ancient biographies, Aristotle was the son of a doctor, Nicomachus, who was court physician of the Macedonian ruler Amyntas III, and some sources report that his mother Phaestis came from a medical family as well.1 The significance of this distinguished medical family background is enhanced by the fact that in the archaic and early classical period, the family context was traditionally an important setting in which medical teaching and practice was passed on from one generation to another.2 That some ancient sources comment on the fact that Aristotle did not follow his father’s footsteps in the medical profession is itself an indication that it was the normal expectation that he would.3 There is therefore good reason to assume that the young Aristotle will have been exposed to a fair number of medical ideas and practices, and he may well have learned some diagnostic techniques and surgical skills.4
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