Aristotle’s early education was based upon his uncle teaching him Greek, rhetoric, and poetry. This further extended upon the biological teachings that his father had taught him as part of training in the medical field. When Aristotle turned seventeen he became a student at Plato's Academy in Athens. The academy was highly involved in the politics of the time, and the politics of the academy and of the whole region would play a major role in influencing the course of Aristotle's life. After graduating as a student from the academy Aristotle went on to become a teacher there as well, and he remained so for twenty years. During this time Aristotle began writing

Although he never received any honors or awards in his time, Aristotle did achieve fame through recognition of being such a well known philosopher, and setting up an over all system of scientific method and establishing proof to why things work the way they do. Not much is known about Democritus child hood at all; however it is known that when he first traveled to Athens he got hardly any recognition at all which troubled him deeply. Although little is known of his life, it is known that he was born at Abdera about 460 BCE. His father was a wealthy noble, who helped Xerxes greatly within the army. Quite a lot is known of Democritus’ physics and philosophy however. There are two main sources of knowledge of his of physical and philosophical theories. Firstly Aristotle discusses Democritus' ideas thoroughly because he strongly disagreed with his ideas of atomism. The second source is in the work of Epicurus but, in contrast to Aristotle, Epicurus is a strong believer in Democritus's atomic theory.

Aristotle lived in a time were political events became too intense to focus on anything else. After his death two of Amyntas sons, Alexander II and Perdiccas III, reigned over Macedonia for some time; however the kingdom suffered from both internal disputes and external wars. In 359 BC Amyntas's third son, Philip II came to rule due to the death of Perdiccas. Philip us

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