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Schooling
n Joined Plato’s Academy in
Athens when he was 17
years old
n Remained there for 20 years
n He left Plato’s Academy
shortly after Plato’s death
in 348 B.C.
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Plato’s Influence
n Plato influenced Aristotle
about a wide range of
things including morality
and existence
n Aristotle was quickly
recognized as Plato’s
most brilliant student
n The two got along well,
although they had slightly
different interests and
beliefs
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Teaching
n Aristotle became a tutor to
Alexander
n He returned to Athens in 335
B.C. and established a
philosophical school of his
own called the Lyceum
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Death
n Died in Chalcis in 322 B.C.
at the age of 60
n His will, preserved in the
writings of Diogenes
Laertius, provided for his
daughter Pythias, his son
Nicomachus, and all of
his slaves
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Miscellaneous
n Aristotle produced a large
number of writings
n Most of his early writings from
the Academy are lost, all
though the titles have been
found
n Aristotle focused on figuring
out how things are on Earth,
how they work, and why
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Aristotle’s The Poetics
By: Fritzgy Joseph
Core Concepts
n Aristotle begins his discussion
by establishing a general
definition of poetry.
n The Medium of Imitation
n The Objects of Imitation
n The mode of imitation
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Core Concepts
n Representations of human beings in
poetry can be sorted into three
categories.
n The Poetics is in part Aristotle's
response to his teacher.
n Catharsis
n
Influence on literature
& Arts
n Rhetoric
n The Arabic version of Aristotle’s
Poetics
n In culture
Views on plot
n Key elements of plot according to
Aristotle are recognition and
suffering.
n Aristotle has distinct explanations of
plot. Plots are either simple of
complex.
n A peripety
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Views on plot
n There are three
forms of plot to
be avoided.
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Views on comedy
n To Aristotle the major difference
between tragedy and comedy is
the former imitating the better,
and the latter imitating the worse.
n When speaking of tragedy and
comedy regards comedy as the
lesser of the two.
n Caution says Aristotle
Aristotle’s Tragic Hero
By: David Diehl
Tragic Hero
n Neither virtuous or evil
in the tragedy
Catharsis
n A greek word meaning cleansing or
purification
n An emotional reaction
n Results from extreme change in emotions
like pity and fear
Catharsis’ Effect in
Tragedy
n Meant to evoke feelings of pity or fear in the
audience as the result of direct
happenings in the tragedy
n A reaction
n It is the imitation of an action
Works Cited
n "Aristotle." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17
Vols. Gale Research, 1998.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington
Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2010.
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n "Aristotle." World of Anatomy and Physiology. Online.
Thomson Gale, 2006.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington
Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2010.
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n "Aristotle." Scientists: Their Lives and Works, Vols. 1-7.
Online Edition. U*X*L, 2006.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington
Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2010.
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n "Aristotle." Animal Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference
USA, 2002.
Works cited
n Forster, E. M. Aspects of the Novel.
New York: Harcourt, Brace,
Jovanovich, 1955.
n Gadamer, Hans-Georg. Truth and
Method. Revised translation Joel
Weinsheimer and Donald G.
Marshall. New York: Continuum,
1995.
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Works Cited
n Aristotle. "Aristotle's Poetics." Malcolm Health.
N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2010.
n Friedman, Norman. "The Tragic Hero." JSTOR.
N.p., May 1958. Web. 3 Feb. 2010.
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n Golden, Leon. "Catharsis." JSTOR. N.p., 1962.
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Works Cited Pictures
n Plato and Aristotle. Photograph. TA PHIL 100 Sections. William M.
Kallfelz. Web. 2 Feb. 2010.
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n Aristotle. Photograph. Stennud.com. Stefan Stenudd. Web. 02 Feb.
2010. <www.stenudd.com/.../aristotle/aristotle.htm>.
n Alexander The Great. Photograph. The Art of History. Alexander the
Great Fans. Mark Churms. Web. 02 Feb. 2010.
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n Aristotle, Libre Naturales. Photograph. Medicine and Biology. Web. 02
Feb. 2010. <www.ibiblio.org/.../Medicine_bio.html>.
n Photograph. Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Web. 02 Feb. 2010.
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n Map of Macedonia. 2007. Photograph. World Maps, Atlas, Directions.
Country Maps, 2007. Web. 02 Feb. 2010. <www.map-
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Picture Cited
n Stenudd, Steffan. "Aristotle's Poetics."
Stenudd. N.p., May 2006. Web. 3 Feb.
2010.
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Works Cited (Pictures)
n Discovery Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2010. <http://images.google.com/
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n French, Jordan. Greco-Roman Heroes: Success and Suffering. N.p., n.d. Web. 3
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