Hvem daterte Aristoteles?

Aristoteles (gresk: Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs; født 384 f.Kr. i Stageira på kysten av antikkens Makedonia, død 322 f.Kr. i Khalkis) var en gresk filosof og naturforsker. Han var elev av Platon og lærer til Aleksander den store. Hans verk omfatter en rekke emner, blant annet biologi, filosofi, poesi, logikk, statsvitenskap, etikk og retorikk. Sammen med Sokrates og Platon blir han regnet som en av de tre største filosofene i den vestlige verden. Foruten sin betydning for filosofien utviklet Aristoteles logikken og grunnla måten å se på kunnskap og vitenskap. Han skulle senere ha dyp innflytelse hos de nyplatonske kommentatorene, for muslimske tenkere som Avicenna og Averroes, og for kristne tenkere som Thomas Aquinas.

Herpyllis of Stagira (Greek: Ἑρπυλλίς) was Aristotle's companion and lover after his wife, Pythias, died. It is unclear whether she was a free woman (as it appears in the surviving Greek version of Aristotle's will) or a servant (as in the Arabic version).

Together Aristotle and Herpyllis had a son, named Nicomachus after Aristotle's father. Nicomachus was quite young when Aristotle wrote his will, as can be seen from the fact that Nicanor, Aristotle's nephew by his sister Arimneste, was appointed guardian until Nicomachus came of age.

It is possible that Herpyllis may have been Aristotle's wife, as Eusebius states that they were married. In his will, Aristotle ensured that Herpyllis was provided for, in return for her goodness to him. These provisions stated that if she wished to be married, the trustees of his estate should ensure that she was married to a worthy man. If, however, she did not wish to marry, the will granted her residence in his house in Stagira, and ordered that it be furnished according to her wishes. Additionally, he left her a bequest of money.