In the Eastern Aegean lies an island of forested hills and olive groves, with st
reams, marshes and a lagoon that nearly cuts the land in two. It was here, over
two thousand years ago, that Aristotle came to work. Aristotle was the greatest
philosopher of all time.
Author of the Poetics, Politics and Metaphysics, his
work looms over the history of Western thought. But he was also a biologist - t
he first. Aristotle explored the mysteries of the natural world.
With the help o
f fishermen, hunters and farmers, he catalogued the animals in his world, dissec
ted them, observed their behaviours and recorded how they lived, fed, and bred.
