Aristotle (Greek: ???st?t????; Aristot閘es) (384 BC - 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher; a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

His writings cover many subjects; including physics; metaphysics; poetry; theater; music; logic; rhetoric; linguistics; politics; government; ethics; biology; and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher); Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy.

Aristotle's writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy; encompassing morality and aesthetics; logic and science; politics and metaphysics.