This Grade 6 worksheet introduces students to the life and teachings of the Greek philosopher Aristotle through a biographical passage and comprehension questions.

- Aristotle was born in a Greek colony about 350 years before Christ. His father, Nichomachus, was the physician for the king of Macedonia but died when Aristotle was young.
- In Mysia, he taught for three years in the king's court and married the king’s daughter, Pythias.
- Some writers claim that Philip, king of Macedonia, invited Aristotle to tutor his son Alexander, who was 13 years old at the time.
- He set up his school, the Lyceum, in Athens.
- He studied ten subjects: science, plants, animals, the human body, weather, the earth, the heavens, politics, government, ethics, and philosophy.
- He taught moderation, defined virtue as the disposition of the soul that promotes human flourishing, and believed common men of virtue could govern themselves. He died in 322 B.C. at the age of 62.