Aristotle was born in 384 BC In Stagira, a small town in northern Greece. He had an older brother and a sister. His father, Nicomachus, was a doctor. His mother, Phaestis, came from the island of Euboea. She was rich. She owned a house which remained with her family after she married Nicomachus. There are almost no personal details of Aristotle because he lived a long time ago. The little details we know come mostly from a Greek historian named Diogenes Laertius. In his book he said that Aristotle spoke with a stammer and had small eyes. His clothing, rings and haircut were easily visible. Education in Greece was that boys usually attended private schools when they were about six years old. They were taught to read, write and arithmetic. Writing was practiced by carving letters with a pointed stick on a block of wood covered in wax. Whenever they made a mistake they could easily erase it. When the wax wore out, they simply applied a new coat. Arithmetic was taught using pebbles and abacus. The older children would add music and poetry to their teaching. In music they learned to play the lyre, which is a small harp, and the flute. Homer's poems were used as texts. They should memorize passages from his long poems. As the boys grew up, they learned sports and dance. The most popular sport was wrestling. They would then study geometry, literature and rhetoric, which is the art of giving speeches. Aristotle may have learned to read and write alongside other children, but his father was a doctor, so he watched as he performed tests on patients. Aristotle was interested in his father's medical practice. Aristotle's education of the future doctor began early with human anatomy. Nico......middle sheet......former student Alexander, was changing the map of the world. By the age of thirty, Alexander was emperor of Greece, king of Persia, pharaoh of Egypt, and ruler of Asia. Some even knew him as a god. Aristotle later became a target of Athens because of his poetry written since Hermia's death. Aristotle fled Athens because he did not want to wait for the trial. Theophrastus took over the direction of the Lyceum. Aristotle gave him all his books and research materials. Not long after reaching Chalcis, Aristotle died of fever the following year in 322 BC. At the age of sixty-two. Aristotle's writings live on. Aristotle's pursuit of knowledge was based on careful observation and good record keeping. Having written 156 titles. Many people considered him the greatest scientist of ancient Greece. Aristotle is one of the most significant minds in all of history.