Aristotle (384 - 322 BCE) was an Athenian philosopher, and the teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle had been taught by Plato, who in turn had been taught by Socrates. Aristotle wrote on a wide range of subjects from physics, to zoology, to botany, to philosophy, to logic, and more. Throughout the Middle Ages, his writings, specifically on the physical sciences, were profoundly important. Show less «