Oct 28: Aristotle, with Hector Williams and Michael Griffin

Join us Oct 28, 2024, at 7:30pm, at 4500 Arbutus Street - Upper Hall.

In this talk, we explore the great Macedonian philosopher and his work. Hector Williams will talk about the man---born in Stagira in Macedonia to the court physician of Philip II of Macedon, a follower of Plato at the Academy in Athens, tutor to Alexander the Great, a researcher for two years on the island of Lesbos, and the founder of the second great philosophical school in Athens, the Lyceum. Recent Greek excavations at Stagira have told us something about his patridha while work by the philosopher/biologist Jason Tipton has made clear his remarkable research on the fish of the Gulf of Kalloni. Michael Griffin will introduce key aspects of Aristotle’s philosophy and its enduring significance.