Aristotle. Division of Sciences, Logic and the Doctrine of Knowledge
Aristotle was born in 384/383 BC in the city of Stagira in Thrace, in the family of the court physician of the Macedonian king Amyntas I. The mentality of the future philosopher was undoubtedly influenced by the traditions of his family, a family of hereditary doctors. Having received his initial education, Aristotle came to Athens in 367 and became a member of Plato’s Academy. Aristotle remained in the Academy until Plato’s death in 347. Probably, already during Plato’s lifetime, disagreements between the great student and his teacher began to emerge; nevertheless, Aristotle’s Platonic training remained with him throughout his life, and in his later works, Aristotle would sometimes write “we, Platonists.”