Aristotle: Dean of Early Science

By Glanville Downey

Book Overview

Truly one of the world's greatest thinkers, Aristotle dominated scientific thought for centuries after his death. Even after the "scientific revolution" produced by such men as Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, his classical influence continued to be felt.

Why was this so? Why should a Greek philosopher and naturalist living more than 300 years before the Christian era make his influence so felt? The history of science-indeed history itself-provides many reasons. Most important, Aristotle was the first exponent of the inductive approach to scientific investigation. Further, his genius for organization gathered not only the whole knowledge of the ancient world together, but added his own research to it.

Almost every known branch of science came under Aristotle's scrutiny, and his conclusions influenced later work in many fields such as logic, metaphysics, biology, anatomy, astronomy, geometry, zoology, geology, and many more.

Today, many of Aristotle's theories are known to be inaccurate, yet his brilliant legacy of pure thought and logic mark an unforgettable scientific milestone.

This edition of the book includes additional illustrations such as people mentioned in the text, several maps, and many drawings of animals. Various woodcuts and engravings from the 1400s all the way to the 1910s have been chosen. Also included is the first English translation of Aristotle's Ode to Virtue, published in 1655.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQC4CSV4
• ISBN13: 9798888181782
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Purple House Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11

Customer Reviews

Aristotle -Dean of Early Science by Glanville Downey

The book describes the life and times of Aristotle. He was astudent in Athens. He pondered important questions on theevolution of the universe. At one point, he tutored PrinceAlexander-son of Philip of Macedonia. Aristotle dissectedmammals, birds, reptiles, fish and invertebrates. He studiedformal logic and classifications of things into species,genus and larger genus categories. This is an excellent referencework for history buffs.

Philosophy

In doing research on Aristotle, I found this book to be very informative. It gave his history, the works he'd done, how he had gotten started, about his family, basically wanybody that had to research on him should have gotten this book to use. Thank you for carrying it.