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geekwayne's review
4.0
“Aristotle: Part 1“ by Tassos Apostolidis, with illustrations by Alecos. Papadatos is a graphic novel that tells the story of the famous Greek philosopher.
The story is told in flashback by Theophrastus, the great botanist. Along the way, we learn about fourth Century Greece, we meet Plato, and also meet Alexander before he was great. We see Aristotle struggle with the times he lives in and discover the changes he made to it with his constant curiosity. We are also given a pretty in-depth overview of Aristotle’s many ideas and philosophies.
I really enjoyed this book. There’s a lot of text, but it felt like it needed to be there. The art is pretty great and adds a humorous touch to the story that is told.
The story is told in flashback by Theophrastus, the great botanist. Along the way, we learn about fourth Century Greece, we meet Plato, and also meet Alexander before he was great. We see Aristotle struggle with the times he lives in and discover the changes he made to it with his constant curiosity. We are also given a pretty in-depth overview of Aristotle’s many ideas and philosophies.
I really enjoyed this book. There’s a lot of text, but it felt like it needed to be there. The art is pretty great and adds a humorous touch to the story that is told.
theciz's review
4.0
This was a fun little comic about the life and work of Aristotle. It covers his life up until he’s about to go tutor Alexander. Naturally, it’s quite wordy for a comic, as it’s trying to summarise philosophical theories. I found the visualisations quite useful none the less, and the art is in a really cute, old school style.
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