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Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, who pioneered many contemporary disciplines. Together with Plato, Aristotle is regarded as a founding figure of Western philosophy. He was born in 384 BCE in Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece. His works have served as the basis for many philosophical movements including Renaissance, Reformation and the Enlightenment. Aristotelian thought also influenced Medieval Islamic philosophy. A lot of jargon, terminology and lexicon in philosophy has been borrowed from Aristotle s work.

His intellectual range was extensive and included logic, history, ethics, biology, chemistry, political theory, psychology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and philosophy of mind. His work remained unsurpassed in zoology until the 19th century. His writings on metaphysics and political theory are still debated in contemporary philosophical and political studies. He died in 322 BCE, in Chalcis, Euboea.