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Answer 1

True or false?
Aristotle was a true scientist. I say false ;3

Answer 2

Wow ...
At seventeen/eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven (c. 347 BC). His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy.

If aristotle had any scientific ideas, and then tested them out using measurements, and published the results in scientific journals then, presumably he was a true scientist.
It seems that he did have the ideas.

A point which may help here. In some of the UK's universities, there was a time when a degree in physics, say, would be classified as "natural philosophy".

So, I'd say true

Answer 3

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Answer 4

@osprey well it says:"Aristotle is not considered a true scientist." in my text book o.o

Answer 5

@AloneS It seems like a bit of a stand off then :( Got an idea. If the reasons why your text book has written that about Aristotle were visible to both of us, then I may be able to comment on the statement. To be honest, I'd never really got past the likes of Archimedes and Pythagoras in the way I was lead to think. But, if Aristotle had any theories about the world around him, then, as with quite a few theoretical scientists that may qualify him as a scientist. If your post implies that the question wants a true or false answer, then I'd go with what I've said so far, and lose a mark if that's the way the thing works. As to any discussion, well that may need more than "true or false".
I accept that I can't find an "aristotle's principle" in the same way that I can find an "archimedes principle" or a "pythagoras' theorem", but then I'm not an expert on Ancient Greek culture.
Sent with a smile. :}

Answer 6

Kk

Answer 7

It may just be a biased statement within your textbook, but to express this shows there are two sides to the argument of this idealism toward which it may be true, or false if Aristotle would be considered a true scientist. It seems to false in my knowledge, but he did have his own writings which had various subjects discussed, but that does not mean he put effort to discover new things to configure further mathematics which may be determined in later years, like present day.

Answer 8

Aristotle was not even a scientist. It would be better to call him a philosopher as he only expressed his thoughts about mankind & nature. He did not think mathematically or scientifically about nature also he did not create any proofs for his thoughts as newton & galilieo did.

Answer 9

He only expressed his ideas.

Answer 10

He created theories & many assumption too but all this assumption & ideas came through his philosophy not through scientific logic.