Aristotle: Philosopher and Philosophies Aristotle was born in Stagirus, or Stagira, or Stageirus, on the Chalcidic peninsula of northern Greece. His father was Nicomachus, a medical doctor, while his mother was named Phaestis. Nicomachus was certainly living in Chalcidice when Aristotle was born and he had probably been born in that region. The latest Tweets from Aristotle (@Aristotle). Student of Plato, teacher of Alexander and the inventor of logic ???? Aristotle: Demonstration in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy. (Posterior Analytics 1.6-13), Aristotle points out that there are important exceptions