Aristotle's Lagoon
Murphy Rodes
Mr. Zuniga
Life in Christ
29 October 2013
Aristotle’s Lagoon Reflection Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher, scientist, and educator. He was an outstanding student at Plato’s academy. “The Reader” was a name given to him by Plato himself. Aristotle was the first of many discoveries in science, medicine, and philosophy. He made many of his decisions and discoveries at a particular place. This place is later going to be called Lesvos Island. Lesvos Island is often called Aristotle’s lagoon because of the famous work he did. He originally went to Lesvos because of his friend who invited him to visit and study there. Aristotle and Theophrastus would split open organisms to discovery the insides. They were the first people to do this ever. Aristotle wrote down his observations and thoughts and compiled them into books. He was not influenced by anyone or anything because he was the first to do so. He said that all animals have goodness and divine-like qualities in them. They all have their own unique characteristics that defined them. In order to describe what he thought, he used metaphors. This made it easier for the common person to observe. He knew that different generations of species had similarities because of Atos, later called genes. He knew that something caused offspring to look like their parents but he could not physically observe genes. Aristotle also came up with the idea of soul. He believed all animals had a soul and it lived as long as the physical body of the animal lived. If the animal died, then so to did the soul. He came up with two explanations as to why species exist and are different – Either God made them differ from one to the other, or they evolved over time. He believed that every organism, no matter what size, played an important role in the world. One experiment Aristotle did was the source of flies. He noticed from rotten meat, that there were maggots all over it. He noticed that the maggots would turn into
Mr. Zuniga
Life in Christ
29 October 2013
Aristotle’s Lagoon Reflection Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher, scientist, and educator. He was an outstanding student at Plato’s academy. “The Reader” was a name given to him by Plato himself. Aristotle was the first of many discoveries in science, medicine, and philosophy. He made many of his decisions and discoveries at a particular place. This place is later going to be called Lesvos Island. Lesvos Island is often called Aristotle’s lagoon because of the famous work he did. He originally went to Lesvos because of his friend who invited him to visit and study there. Aristotle and Theophrastus would split open organisms to discovery the insides. They were the first people to do this ever. Aristotle wrote down his observations and thoughts and compiled them into books. He was not influenced by anyone or anything because he was the first to do so. He said that all animals have goodness and divine-like qualities in them. They all have their own unique characteristics that defined them. In order to describe what he thought, he used metaphors. This made it easier for the common person to observe. He knew that different generations of species had similarities because of Atos, later called genes. He knew that something caused offspring to look like their parents but he could not physically observe genes. Aristotle also came up with the idea of soul. He believed all animals had a soul and it lived as long as the physical body of the animal lived. If the animal died, then so to did the soul. He came up with two explanations as to why species exist and are different – Either God made them differ from one to the other, or they evolved over time. He believed that every organism, no matter what size, played an important role in the world. One experiment Aristotle did was the source of flies. He noticed from rotten meat, that there were maggots all over it. He noticed that the maggots would turn into