Dan Schreiber

Yeah, he's all right. Yeah, no, what an incredible life. It feels silly, again, saying that, because obviously it must be an incredible life, but I was surprised by how few details I knew about what he had actually achieved.

Yeah, he's all right. Yeah, no, what an incredible life. It feels silly, again, saying that, because obviously it must be an incredible life, but I was surprised by how few details I knew about what he had actually achieved.

I'm massively team. I mean, outside of the stuff that is very questionable, I think in terms of I'm looking at him purely as someone... who was thinking differently, uniquely. What a brain, what an extraordinary footprint to have left on our planet, to have created marine biology, to have been the name of an octopus in the original Addams Family movie.

I'm massively team. I mean, outside of the stuff that is very questionable, I think in terms of I'm looking at him purely as someone... who was thinking differently, uniquely. What a brain, what an extraordinary footprint to have left on our planet, to have created marine biology, to have been the name of an octopus in the original Addams Family movie.

What I would love to do now is just work out how much of modern day life is thanks to his brain, this one brain.

What I would love to do now is just work out how much of modern day life is thanks to his brain, this one brain.

Bibliotherapy. Therapy by books.

Bibliotherapy. Therapy by books.

Hey, thanks for having me. I have to say, Aristotle, from what you were saying just before we started recording, absolutely the type of person I'd want to sit down and ask weird questions to. He sounds really interesting.

Hey, thanks for having me. I have to say, Aristotle, from what you were saying just before we started recording, absolutely the type of person I'd want to sit down and ask weird questions to. He sounds really interesting.

No, I'm equally as ignorant in ancient Greece as I am at that time. But I'm fascinated by this period because it feels like this is the moment that science erupted. I know that Aristotle's often called the first scientist.

No, I'm equally as ignorant in ancient Greece as I am at that time. But I'm fascinated by this period because it feels like this is the moment that science erupted. I know that Aristotle's often called the first scientist.

So what I love is the mixture of both interesting and true facts that have come through to today and then outrageous claims that were so verifiable at the time that seem to have just been taken as fact. And actually, that's my sweet spot. I think that's where I would have preferred to have lived. So, what do you know?

So what I love is the mixture of both interesting and true facts that have come through to today and then outrageous claims that were so verifiable at the time that seem to have just been taken as fact. And actually, that's my sweet spot. I think that's where I would have preferred to have lived. So, what do you know?

He's definitely real, right, Aristotle? Yeah. Because there's so many of these characters from this period where the stuff was written about them all these years after and you find out, oh, Pythagoras, was that a real guy? Aristotle's like, we know he's real.

He's definitely real, right, Aristotle? Yeah. Because there's so many of these characters from this period where the stuff was written about them all these years after and you find out, oh, Pythagoras, was that a real guy? Aristotle's like, we know he's real.

Does he cross over with any other great notable character from history, if you were looking global? Kind of like Cervantes and Shakespeare were living in the same period, right?

Does he cross over with any other great notable character from history, if you were looking global? Kind of like Cervantes and Shakespeare were living in the same period, right?

Yeah, I don't fully know what a Turkish life when you're 13 is like. Okay, so what was he doing? Was there any sports at the time? Oh, yeah. I'm sort of going off Monty Python sketches here, but yeah.

Yeah, I don't fully know what a Turkish life when you're 13 is like. Okay, so what was he doing? Was there any sports at the time? Oh, yeah. I'm sort of going off Monty Python sketches here, but yeah.