Pagine384–322 BC · Stagira, Macedonia · also known as Aristoteles
Aristotle studied with Plato, tutored the young Alexander the Great and founded his own school, the Lyceum, in Athens. He wrote on almost everything — logic, biology, physics, politics, rhetoric — and his Nicomachean Ethics (on how to live well), Politics and Poetics (the first theory of tragedy) still shape how we think.
Begin with Nicomachean Ethics.
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Aristotle studied with Plato, tutored the young Alexander the Great and founded his own school, the Lyceum, in Athens. He wrote on almost everything — logic, biology, physics, politics, rhetoric — and his Nicomachean Ethics (on how to live well), Politics and Poetics (the first theory of tragedy) still shape how we think.
Nicomachean Ethics is usually considered Aristotle’s best-known work, followed by Politics, Poetics.
Most readers start with Nicomachean Ethics.
Both refer to the same writer.
Many of Aristotle’s works are in the public domain; we link to free editions below.