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Aristotle's key compiled work, or a work put together by later followers and scholars, is ''Organon'', which compiled Aristotle's works that eventually formed the key parts of Aristotelian logic.<ref> For more on Aristotelian logic, see: Abed, S. (1991). Aristotelian logic and the Arabic language in Alfārābī. Albany, N.Y: State University of New York Press.</ref> Deduction developed in the syllogism is perhaps his most significant contribution, where a premise is deduced into a conclusion. He also discusses induction, from a case to understanding larger phenomena about the universe or world. These two forms of thinking, induction, and deduction, are the foundations of modern scientific thought and form the primary way to create many arguments in logic discussions.<ref> For more on induction and deduction as seen by Aristotle, see: Spangler, M. M. (1998). <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761812113/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0761812113&linkCode=Work in Scienceas2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ca462c9864d86bbb8ed1f9dd702cd0c3 Aristotle on teaching].</i> Lanham, Md: University Press of America, pg. 7.</ref>
Aristotle also tried saw the centrality and importance of politics to created humans. He even quipped the famous line that man is a theoretical foundation in areas such as sleep, psychology, physics, astronomy, and other fields. Often, political animal by his views were wrong, but that often had to do with the fact he lacked means to properly observe eventsnature.<ref>For more on areas Aristotle impacted's politics and political thinking, see: ByrneAristotle, & Sinclair, PT. HA. (19971981). Analysis and science in AristotleThe politics (Rev. ed). Albany: State University of Harmondsworth, England New York Press, N.Y: Penguin Books.According to Aristotle, </ref> NeverthelessRationality was a crucial aspect of humanity, because Aristotle's ideas were so influential, many of his concepts were adopted which had to be central in successful politics. He saw the city as a critical place where humans can live and held for centuries or even millennia. For instanceprosper; in fact, his belief that the Earth city was more central than the center of individual, as the universe greater good was eventually adopted as a core belief by seen above the Catholic churchindividual. ThusAccording to his belief, his ideas a town was also began a place where beauty should be found, and art should be made to be adopted by later religious authoritiesflourish in such areas.==Impact on the Modern World==
==Was Artistole a Scientist?==Aristotle's philosophies had a profound influence on the sciences. This impact includes his deduction and induction ideas, and ethic have been very influentialhe also heavily emphasized the ideas of empirical research or observation. Many logiciansWhile earlier scientific philosophers were more theoretical and less observation oriented, in factAristotle tried to make observations around him, state that Aristotle produced the definitive work on logic and there is no sense of even changing itincluding organizing trips to places, although this has now changedsuch as Lesbos or dissecting animals to understand how they functioned. NeverthelessFor instance, his ideas of logic he observed dolphins were not fish and ethics are now central appeared to many philosophies that subsequently formed the foundations of Western idealsbe much more similar to land animals.<ref>For more on Aristotle's long-term influencesapproaches to science, see: SgarbiLeroi, A. M. (20162014). Kant and Aristotle<i>[https: epistemology, logic, and method//www.amazon. Albanycom/gp/product/0143127985/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143127985&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=fe18e8482be00532319dae1fd5177826 The Lagoon: State University of How Aristotle Invented Science]</i>. New York, New York Press: Viking.</ref> Modern philosophy developed later by Kant often see Aristotle as He created a core foundation classification system for their own thinking, particularly as it placed such emphasis on ethics and virtue and the tenants animals that are required to develop theseeventually became a predecessor for our concepts of classifying animals into distinct categories or what can be called a type of species.
<dh-ad/> Aristotle also sought to create a theoretical foundation in sleep, psychology, physics, astronomy, and other fields. Often, his views were wrong, but that often had to do with the fact he lacked the means to observe events. <ref>For more on areas Aristotle impacted, see: Byrne, P. H. (1997). <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0791433226/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0791433226&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=dba4e50f39931077a6d70d99f0f6e0c9 Analysis and science in Aristotle]</i>. Albany: State University of New York Press.</ref> Nevertheless, Aristotle's ideas were so influential because many of his concepts were adopted and held for centuries or even millennia. For instance, his belief that the Earth was the center of the universe was eventually adopted as a core belief by the Catholic church. Thus, his ideas also began to be adopted by later religious authorities. == How has Aristotle Impacted the Modern World? ==Aristotle's philosophies and ethics have been very influential. Many logicians state that Aristotle produced the definitive work on logic, and there is no sense of even changing it, although this has now changed. Nevertheless, his logic and ethics ideas are now central to many philosophies that subsequently formed the foundations of Western ideals.<ref>For more on Aristotle's long-term influences, see: Sgarbi, M. (2016). [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1438459971/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1438459971&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1a9641dbbf684c7a7585443247cf0c7b Kant and Aristotle: epistemology, logic, and method]. Albany: State University of New York Press.</ref> Modern philosophy developed later by Kant often sees Aristotle as a core foundation for their thinking, particularly as it emphasized ethics and virtue and the tenants required to develop these. Today, in the sciences, relatively few Aristotle's ideas are still utilized; however, his key understanding of logic used to create a scientific theory, particularly through induction and deduction, has influenced the sciences. His emphasis on empirical research was also new and became another key tenant of modern science. Because Aristotle was so prolific in his lifetime, he also influenced other fields such as poetry and tragedy.<ref> For more on Aristotle's view on poetry and tragedy, see: Sifakis, G. M. (2001). <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9605241323/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=9605241323&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=5af8594170e184f049be28b4f521d334 Aristotle on the function of tragic poetry]</i>. Herakleion: Crete University Press.</ref> Aristotle wrote about how poems and tragedy should be composed and key components that they should have, including epic poems and tragedies having the great spectacle that Greek literature is so well known for. Few people have been both famous during their lifetime and influential for millennia as Aristotle has been (Figure 1). Aristotle and his earlier and later colleagues were also influential in establishing what eventually became the concept for universities. For instance, the idea of a school, such as Athens' famous Lyceum, where Aristotle taught, as a place to discuss and teach, while pursuing one's own research and discovery, were was later adopted in the early Medieval period to become the foundation in which universities in the West developed.<ref>For more on how the concept of the university developed and Aristotle's lifetime and history, see: Höffe, O. (2003). <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/079145634X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=079145634X&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=4a45113d0bcbbd980217f8c9bae882c2 Aristotle]</i>. Albany: State University of New York Press.</ref> Although Greek society still often meant that participation was often limited to free men, women had also begun to also be involved in science and philosophical thought. Aristotle's wife Pythias worked along with her husband and probably helped him develop some of his philosophical and scientific understanding. She likely accompanied him on his field trips as well where he and made important observations related to Biology and Geologygeography.
==Conclusion==
Few thinkers directly known to us have so influenced the modern world as Aristotle. While in many ways, he was a flawed character who did hold beliefs we may consider racist or ethnocentric, he did create the foundations of what would ultimately become modern philosophy and science. In his lifetime, Aristotle was a famous figure who taught not only Alexander but Ptolemy and famous figures within Greek society who went on to impact the world in different ways. While some of his thoughts, such as the idea of four key elements to the universe, are not held by the modern sciences, his understanding that perception and observation are critical to understanding our world became the foundation of modern scientific thinking and understanding.
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