Nicomachus , lived c. 375 BC, was the father of Aristotle
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Aristotle was a Greeks philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great
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Nicomachus , lived c. 375 BC, was the father of Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greeks philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, Poetics , theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology.... .
The Suda or Souda is a massive 10th century Byzantine Empire Medieval Greek historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world. It is an Encyclopedia lexicon with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers.... states that he was a doctor descended from Nicomachus, son of Machaon the son of Asclepius. Greenhill notes he had another son named Arimnestus, and a daughter named Arimneste, by his wife Phaestis, or Phaestias, who was also descended from Aesculapius. He was a native of Stageira
Stageira
Stageira was an ancient Greece city on the Chalcidice peninsula and is chiefly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle. The city lies a few kilometres north of the present-day village of Stagira, close to the city now called Olympias.... , and the friend and physician of Amyntas II, king of Macedonia, 393-369 BC.
Nicomachus , lived c. 325 BC, was the son of Aristotle.The Suda states that he was from Stageira, a philosopher, a pupil of Theophrastus. He may have written a commentary on his father's lectures in physics.... was also called Nicomachus.
