Post by Arxileas on Oct 27, 2007 8:22:27 GMT -5
LOOK-ALIKE BUST OF ARISTOTLE FOUND IN ATHENS.
A marble bust of the Greek philosopher Aristotle has been unearthed beneath Acropolis in Athens, Greece. The 46-centimetre bust, which dates to the 1st century AD, is the first to depict Aristotle's hooked nose and archaeologists have described it as the best-preserved likeness ever found, reports said Wednesday.
The Roman-era marble bust of the famous philosopher had probably occupied the nearby villa of a wealthy Roman citizen, according to senior archaeologist Alcestis Horemi. Recent Acropolis excavations have also unearthed busts of Emperor Hadrian and a priest from the Theater of Dionysus, also Roman-era creations.
The famous philosopher was born in 384 BC, in Macedonia, Greece, and was a pupil of another great ancient philosopher called Plato. It soon became clear that the master and his pupil diverged on many different topics within the philosophical discourse at the time, with Plato's more sublime and idealistic principles and Aristotle's more investigating empirical views.
This divergence of opinion within the philosophical community at the time was to influence philosophical thinking both within academia and within different religions through history and lay the foundations for the philosophical thoughts of later philosophers like for instance Rene Descartes and Immanuel Kant.
Later in life Aristotle went to his native Stagira in Macedonia at the request of King Philip II of Macedon to tutor the kings son, Alexander, a young man later to be known as Alexander the Great mainly due to his magnificent and great conquests in Asia and North-Africa.
A marble bust of the Greek philosopher Aristotle has been unearthed beneath Acropolis in Athens, Greece. The 46-centimetre bust, which dates to the 1st century AD, is the first to depict Aristotle's hooked nose and archaeologists have described it as the best-preserved likeness ever found, reports said Wednesday.
The Roman-era marble bust of the famous philosopher had probably occupied the nearby villa of a wealthy Roman citizen, according to senior archaeologist Alcestis Horemi. Recent Acropolis excavations have also unearthed busts of Emperor Hadrian and a priest from the Theater of Dionysus, also Roman-era creations.
The famous philosopher was born in 384 BC, in Macedonia, Greece, and was a pupil of another great ancient philosopher called Plato. It soon became clear that the master and his pupil diverged on many different topics within the philosophical discourse at the time, with Plato's more sublime and idealistic principles and Aristotle's more investigating empirical views.
This divergence of opinion within the philosophical community at the time was to influence philosophical thinking both within academia and within different religions through history and lay the foundations for the philosophical thoughts of later philosophers like for instance Rene Descartes and Immanuel Kant.
Later in life Aristotle went to his native Stagira in Macedonia at the request of King Philip II of Macedon to tutor the kings son, Alexander, a young man later to be known as Alexander the Great mainly due to his magnificent and great conquests in Asia and North-Africa.