Aristotle ([[-0384-01-01 - -0322-12-31|384–322 BC]]) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the [[Peripatetic school of philosophy]] in the [[Lyceum]] in [[Athens]], he began the wider [[Aristotelianism|Aristotelian tradition]] that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.