ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, who made important contributions to logic, criticism, rhetoric, physics, biology, psychology, mathematics, metaphysics, ethics, and politics. He was a student of Plato for twenty years but is famous for rejecting Plato’s theory of forms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist, a pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the author of works on Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics, Natural Sciences, Politics and Poetics. He profoundly influenced Western intellectual and scientific thought.

Detailed explanation-3: -Based on notes from his lectures in the Lyceum, Aristotle posits happiness (eudaimonia) or ‘living well’ as the primary goal in human life. Named for his son, Nicomachus, the Ethics considers how man should best live and those virtues which produce happiness.

Detailed explanation-4: -Being one of the greatest philosophers, Aristotle’s work shaped centuries of philosophy. He made revolutionary contributions to all grounds of science and philosophy. He invented the field of formal logic. He also acknowledged the various scientific disciplines and discovered their relations.