Amazing Facts about Aristotle
* Aristotle is regarded by many as the most intelligent man to ever walk on this planet.
* This genius was born in 384 BCE in Stageira, Chalcide in ancient Macedonia which is now northern Greece.
* He belonged to a noble family and his father was a doctor - the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedon.
* Aristotle married Pythias, adoptive daughter of Hermias. She bore him a daughter, whom they also named Pythias.
* He had a son named Nicomachus who died in a battle while still a lad. The Nicomachen Ethics, a compilation of Aristotle's lecture notes, was probably dedicated and named after him.
* Aristotle's father is also called Nicomachus.
* When his wife Pythias died, Aristotle became involved with Herpyllis, the mother of Nicomachus. She was the former slave of Pythias.
* He also had an eromenos named Palaephatus of Abydus, a historian.
* During his teen age, the richest and largest city-state of Greece is Athens.
* Aristotle went to Athens when he was 17 and lived in that city for the most of his life.
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