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Mar 21, 2024 · Directly translated, it implies a relation to some ancient Greek named Nicomachus. In the case of Nicomachean Ethics, the Nicomachus in question is likely Aristotle’s son. Not much is known about Aristotle’s son, but it was not uncommon for philosophers to name their works after others at the time.
Nicomachus ( Ancient Greek: Νικόμαχος; fl. c. 375 BC) was the father of Aristotle . The Suda states that he was a doctor descended from Nicomachus, son of Machaon the son of Asclepius. Greenhill notes he had another son named Arimnestus, and a daughter named Arimneste, by his wife Phaestis, or Phaestias, who was descended from ...
Nov 14, 2023 · Metaphysics is the study of abstract philosophical concepts such as time, space, being, knowing, cause, mind and matter, potentiality and actuality. As a young man, Aristotle studied at Plato’s school and remained there until Plato’s death. Afterward, he served as a tutor to Alexander the Great, a fact about his past that hurt his standing ...
Mar 28, 2024 · Nicomachus of Gerasa (flourished c. 100 ce, Gerasa, Roman Syria [now Jarash, Jordan]) was a Neo-Pythagorean philosopher and mathematician who wrote Arithmētikē eisagōgē ( Introduction to Arithmetic ), an influential treatise on number theory. Considered a standard authority for 1,000 years, the book sets out the elementary theory and ...
Nicomachus (father of Aristotle) Nicomachus (Ancient Greek: Νικόμαχος; fl. c. 375 BC) was the father of Aristotle. The Suda states that he was a doctor descended from Nicomachus, son of Machaon the son of Asclepius. Greenhill notes he had another son named Arimnestus, and a daughter named Arimneste, by his wife Phaestis, or Phaestias ...
Aristotle’s even more famous protégé, and his successor as head of the Lyceum, was Theophrastus. It is a good bet that the other set of records were originally his. Nicomachus, Aristotle’s son, is said to have been Theophrastus’ student, and it’s reported that Nicomachus did scholarly work on Aristotelian material too.
Aristotle (384-322 BCE) Aristotle was born at Stagira in northern Greece in 384 BCE His father, Nicomachus, was a physician at the court of Philip of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great. In 367 BCE, Aristotle moved to Athens, which was the intellectual and cultural center of ancient Greece. He spent many years studying in Plato’s ...
