Aristotle was born in 384 BC and lived until 322 BC. He was a Greek philosopher and scientist, who shares with Plato being considered the most famous of ancie

nt philosophers. Aristotle held many beliefs that were later to be taught to Thomas Aquinas and read and followed by many other philosophers. In astronomy, Aristotle proposed a finite, spherical universe, with the earth at its center. The center is made up of four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. In Aristotle's physics, all of these four elements has a right place, determined by its relative heaviness, its "specific gravity." Each moves naturally in a straight line. Earth goes down, fire up toward its proper place, where it will be at rest. So Earth's motion is always in a line and always comes to a halt. The heavens, though, move "naturally and endlessly in a complex circular motion". Another belief Aristotle holds is that although our actions are the results of our learning, virtue still involves rational choice. He is saying that if we have not been taught what is the moral excellence (the “midpoint” of the two vices), of a particular action or behavior, we still have the ability to attain excellence through choice. Another belief that Aristotle held was the ultimate goal was happiness. Happiness, function, morality and virtue can exist independent of one another. The first deliberation is to define happiness. Happiness is the highest of all practical goods identified with “ living well of doing well”(100). According to Aristotle, Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and

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