CHAPTER VIII. ARISTOTLE, 166 ARISTOTLE IN THE ACADEMY AND LYCEUM, 166 BIOGRAPHY OF ARISTOTLE, 168 BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL SKETCH OF ARISTOTLE’S LIFE, 168 ARISTOTLE’S BIOGRAPHY IN DETAIL, 169 1. First Period――Early Influences, 169 2. Second Period――Traveler and Collector, 171 3. Third Period――Administrator of the Lyceum, 172 THE WRITINGS OF ARISTOTLE, 173 1. The Popular Writings, published by Aristotle himself, 174 2. The Compilations, 175 3. The Didactic Writings, 175 ARISTOTLE’S STARTING-POINT, 176 THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE IN ARISTOTLE’S PHILOSOPHY, 177 ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC, 180 ARISTOTLE’S METAPHYSICS, 185 1. Development is Purposeful, 185 2. Aristotle’s Two Different Conceptions of Purpose, 187 3. Aristotle’s Conception of God, 190 4. Aristotle’s Conception of Matter, 191 5. Aristotle’s Conception of Nature, 192 THE MECHANICAL SERIES,――ARISTOTLE’S THEORY OF PHYSICS, 194 THE TELEOLOGICAL SERIES: THE QUALITATIVE CHANGES OF PHENOMENA, 196 1. The Psychology of Aristotle, 196 2. The Ethics of Aristotle, 199 (a) The Practical Virtues, 200 (b) The Dianoetic Virtues, 201 THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF ARISTOTLE, 202