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Aristotle
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2. Aristotle was an ancient
Greek philosopherand scientist
born in the city
of Stagira, Chalkidiki, in the
north of Classical Greece.
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4. Invented the logic of the
categorical syllogism
Syllogism represents a certain form of reasoning
where a conclusion is made based on two
premises. This procedure of logical deduction
invented by Aristotle, perhaps, lies at the epitome
of all his famous achievements. He was the first
person to come up with an authentic and logical
procedure to conclude a statement based on the
propositions that are at hand.
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6. Conception of mathematics as
abstractions
Aristotle’s conception of mathematics as
abstractions from physical objects and their
properties was a major advance in the human
understanding of reality: it explained how
mathematical principles are able to relate directly
to the natural world and how humans, as
“systematic understanders of the world,” are able
to grasp them.
7. Advances in Meteorology
For his contemporary time and age, Aristotle was able
to put forth a detailed analysis of world around him.
In his treatise, in his own words, he lays out details of
‘different affections’ that are common in between air
and water, as well as the different kinds and parts of
the earth, and the affections that associate those parts
together. The highlight of his ‘Meteora’ treatise are his
accounts for water evaporation, earthquakes, and
other common weather phenomena. His analysis for
these different meteorological occurrences is one of
the earliest representations of such phenomena.
