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Nicomachus , lived c. 325 BC, was the son 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
Suda

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 from 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....
, a philosopher, a pupil of Theophrastus
Theophrastus

Theophrastus , a Greek native of Eressos in Lesbos Island, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. His interests were wide-ranging, extending from biology and physics to ethics and metaphysics....
. He may have written a commentary on his father's lectures in physics. Nicomachus was born to the slave Herpyllis
Herpyllis

Herpyllis of Stagira was Aristotle's mistress after his wife, Pythias, died.Together Aristotle and Herpyllis had a son, named Nicomachus after Aristotle's father....
, and his father's will commended his care as a boy to several tutors, then to his adopted son, Nicanor. Historians think the Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics, or Ta Ethika, is a work by Aristotle on virtue and moral character which plays a prominent role in defining Aristotelian ethics....
, a compilation of Aristotle's lecture notes, was probably named after or dedicated to Aristotle's son.






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Nicomachus , lived c. 325 BC, was the son 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
Suda

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 from 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....
, a philosopher, a pupil of Theophrastus
Theophrastus

Theophrastus , a Greek native of Eressos in Lesbos Island, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. His interests were wide-ranging, extending from biology and physics to ethics and metaphysics....
. He may have written a commentary on his father's lectures in physics. Nicomachus was born to the slave Herpyllis
Herpyllis

Herpyllis of Stagira was Aristotle's mistress after his wife, Pythias, died.Together Aristotle and Herpyllis had a son, named Nicomachus after Aristotle's father....
, and his father's will commended his care as a boy to several tutors, then to his adopted son, Nicanor. Historians think the Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics, or Ta Ethika, is a work by Aristotle on virtue and moral character which plays a prominent role in defining Aristotelian ethics....
, a compilation of Aristotle's lecture notes, was probably named after or dedicated to Aristotle's son. Several ancient authorities may have conflated Aristotle's ethical works with the commentaries that Nicomachus wrote on them. Ancient sources indicate that Nicomachus died in battle while still a "lad".

Aristotle's father
Nicomachus (father of Aristotle)

Nicomachus , lived c. 375 BC, was the father of Aristotle.The Suda states that he was a doctor descended from Nicomachus, son of Machaon the son of Asclepius....
 was also called Nicomachus.