Aristotle
384 BC – 322 BC · 62 years · Athens (the Lyceum) · Europe
Student of Plato, tutor of Alexander and founder of the Lyceum; he laid the foundations of logic, biology, ethics and politics.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Plato — ancient Greek philosopher, 44 years older
- Hippocrates — ancient Greek physician, 76 years older
- Olympias — queen of Macedon, mother of Alexander, 9 years younger
- Pytheas — Greek navigator and geographer, 34 years younger
Middle East
- Alexander the Great — king of Macedon and conqueror, 28 years younger
Africa
- Ptolemy I Soter — founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty, 17 years younger
Asia
- Mencius — Chinese Confucian philosopher, 12 years younger
- Chandragupta Maurya — founder of the Maurya Empire, 44 years younger
- Zhuangzi — Chinese Taoist philosopher, 15 years younger
- Qu Yuan — Chinese poet and minister, 44 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 331 BC Battle of Gaugamela — aged 53, Middle East
- 331 BC Founding of Alexandria — aged 53, Africa
- 323 BC Death of Alexander the Great — aged 61, Middle East
- c. 322 BC Founding of the Maurya Empire — aged 62, Asia