# Aristotle — Dialogues character guide

> Aristotle in Dialogues by Plato.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle De coelo, Aristotle Politics, Aristotle Politics VII, Aristotle Ethics X

**First appearance:** 0001-preface-to-the-first-edition

## Who they are

Philosopher frequently cited in the introductory material.

## Relationships

### [Plato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/characters/plato)

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Aristotle was Plato's student at the Academy, later becoming his most famous critic and successor in philosophy.

### [Plato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/characters/plato)

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Aristotle was Plato's student at the Academy, later becoming his most famous critic and successor in philosophy.

### [Plato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/characters/plato)

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Aristotle was Plato's student at the Academy, later becoming his most famous critic and successor in philosophy.

## In the story

### [Preface to the Second and Third Editions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/preface-to-the-second-and-third-editions)

Mentioned in the context of ancient philosophy and the survival of pre-Socratic and Aristotelian meanings.

### [On the Ideas of Plato](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/on-the-ideas-of-plato)

Mentioned as a source of misinterpretation of Plato's ideas and as a philosopher with his own Organon.

### [Introduction and Analysis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/introduction-and-analysis)

Referenced in comparison to Plato's conception of justice and virtue, particularly in the Nicomachean Ethics.

### [§ III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/iii)

Referenced in relation to the concept of matter (hyle) that developed from Plato's ideas.

### [§ IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/iv)

Cited as attributing to Plato the doctrine of the earth's rotation; his interpretation of the Timaeus is debated.

### [Parmenides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/parmenides)

Mentioned as one of the companions present; later becomes a prominent philosopher.

### [Parmenides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/parmenides)

Aristoteles (the youngest) is chosen by Parmenides to answer questions in the dialectical exercise.

### [Introduction and Analysis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/introduction-and-analysis)

Referenced for his political philosophy and the idea of a middle class government.

### [Excursus on the Relation of the Laws of Plato to the Institutions of Crete and Lacedaemon and to the Laws and Constitution of Athens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/excursus-on-the-relation-of-the-laws-of-plato-to-the-institutions-of-crete-and-lacedaemon-and-to-the-laws-and-constitution-of-athens)

Aristotle is cited for his observations on the decline of Spartan citizens and his political theories.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/endnotes)

Cited in numerous endnotes, including references to Politics, Nicomachean Ethics, and Metaphysics.

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