ARISTOTLE - THE SEARCH

<BODY> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=5><B><FONT SIZE=6>ARISTOTLE</FONT><BR> THE REALIST</B></FONT></CENTER><P> <FONT SIZE=4><B>Search for Truth</B></FONT><P> <TABLE ALIGN=Left BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=2 CELLPADDING=1> <TR> <TD><IMG ALIGN=Left SRC="0503a.jpg" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="188" ALT="BOXER"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> Before his attendance at the Academy, Aristotle had learned to see life through the eyes of his physician father. He came to see the human body, indeed all of nature, as an organic whole whose functioning depended on co-ordinated interaction of its parts. Though subject to change, disease and decay, here was a wondrous work of art; here was harmony; here was a pattern that could be subject to scientific study. Aristotle did not need a world of ideal forms. He looked at the world and saw beauty. In this, he was more in tune with the Hellenistic than the Classical outlook.<BR clear=left> <BR clear=left><BR> <HR width=100%> <A HREF="http://www.creatorix.com.au"><IMG SRC="../creatorix.gif" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="40" BORDER="0" ALT="Creatorix" align=right></A> </BODY>