1. Aristotle; the Michelangelo of logic
By Thomas Gildersleeve

2. Aristotle’s basic Biography
Born in Stagira
384 BCE (Wilson 2007)
Joined Plato’s academy in Athens
367 BCE (EANS Art.)
Tutored Alexander the Great in Pella
BCE (EANS Art.)
Died in Khalkis
322 BCE (EANS Art.)

3. What did he write about? “Art” of Rhetoric Nicomachean Ethics
On Sophistical Refutations
Parva Naturalia. On Prophecy in Sleep
Poetics
The Athenian Constitution
Oeconomica
Politics
 On the Heavens
Parva Naturalia. On Respiration
On Breath
Posterior Analytics
Eudemian Ethics
On the Soul
On Colours
Prior Analytics
Parva Naturalia. On Sense and Sensible Objects
Generation of Animals
On Things Heard
On Coming-to-Be and Passing-Away
Problems
On Virtues and Vices
 Progression of Animals
History of Animals
On Indivisible Lines
Parts of Animals
Parva Naturalia. On sleep and Waking
Magna Moralia
On Interpretation
Parva Naturalia. On Dreams
 Situations and Names of Winds
Mathematical Works
Parva Naturalia. On Youth and Old Age. On Life and Death
On Marvellous Things Heard
Mechanical Problems
Parva Naturalia. On Length and Shortness of Life
 Testimonium
Metaphysics
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias
Physics
 Topica
Meteorologica
Parva Naturalia. On Memory and Recollection
Physiognomics
Movement of Animals
On Plants
Poems

4. Metaphysics
The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things or reality, including questions about being, substance, time and space, causation, change, and identity (which are presupposed in the special sciences but do not belong to any one of them); theoretical philosophy as the ultimate science of being and knowing. (Oxford English Dictionary, 2001)

5. Metaphysics Cont.
“All men naturally desire knowledge.” (Aristotle, Metaphysics 980a22)
Aristotle eloquently explains the essence and idea of existence through the use of logical thinking, natural observations, and right reasoning.
Our critical question of “Why Water Matters?” will be better answered by taking a page or two out of Aristotle’s books.

6. Critical Game
Use logic and critical thinking like Aristotle did to find the hidden phrases
For example number 1 is:
Split Personality

7. Critical Game Solutions

8. Sources
“Discover the story of English: More than 600,000 words, over a thousand years.” Home : Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary, Dec. 2001, Accessed 11 Sept
Treddenick, Hugh, trans Aristotle. Metaphysics. Cambridge, MA Accessed 11 Sept
Wilson, M “Aristotle” in Keyser and Irby, ed. Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists. London and New York; Routledge.
“Aristotle, Metaphysics.” Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1, section 980a, Perseus Project, Accessed 11 Sept