Aristotle (jun 22, 384 BC – oct 16, 322 BC)
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He tutored Alexander the Great. He liked to walk around while he taught. He occupied himself with these four great philosophical questions:1) what makes people happy: he tallied all the personality traits he could think of, and put each one one a spectrum of not enough, just right, and too much.
2) what is art for: he recognised the greatest theme in any successful story during his time was tragedy.
3) what are friends for?: different types of friendships,
4) the art of manipulation: how people win even though they don't use the best logic. You have to use rhetoric, emotions, humour and personalisation in order to win over the crowd.
He said that the only thing that separated humans from the animal kingdom was our ability to reason.
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jun 22, 384 BC
oct 16, 322 BC
~ 61 years