Name: Aristotle
Lived: 384–322 BC, Stagira, Macedon
Known for: Philosopher and student of Plato; tutor to Alexander the Great
Famous for: Major works on ethics, politics, logic, and natural sciences; his ideas shaped Western thought for centuries
Note: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” is a familiar paraphrase of an idea in Aristotle’s Metaphysics (Book VIII, Chapter 6, 1045a8–10). Aristotle
explores how parts form a unified whole. The design applies this idea to the
value of working together.