PhilosophersAristote
Aristote
Observe, classify, reason: happiness through virtue.
Aristotelianism384 – 322 av. J.-C. GreeceNaturalistLogicianVirtue ethicsPolitical thinker
ὁ ἄνθρωπος φύσει πολιτικὸν ζῷον
Man is by nature a political animal.
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πάντες ἄνθρωποι τοῦ εἰδέναι ὀρέγονται φύσει
All men by nature desire to know.
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κινεῖ δὴ ὡς ἐρώμενον
It moves as being loved: the first mover attracts without pushing.
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Misconceptions
False
Aristotle wrote his books as we read them.
His published works are lost. We mostly read lecture notes, gathered and titled by Andronicus of Rhodes about three centuries later.
Nuanced
Aristotle's god is the God of the Bible.
His first mover does not create the world, which is eternal, nor care for it: it moves "as being loved". Aquinas and Averroes later adapted it to their faith.