Aristotle was born of Greek parentage in 384 B.C., at stagira, a small town in chalcidice, the peninsular section of Macedonia on the upper Agean, or Thracian, Sea. Because of the birthplace he frequently was called the Stagirite. Aristotle's scientific and philosophical inclinations were largely determined by three prominent foactors in his life. First, his father, Nicomachus, a member of theā¦