PUBLIC ART

Aristotle

Artist unknown

Year of creation unknown

Flinders University
The Plaza
Sturt Road
Bedford Park | SA | 5042

^{Image: Artist unknown, Aristotle, year of creation unknown, bronze, 105 x 64 x 43 cm. Gift of the Halkidikeon Society in Greece, with the SA chapter providing generous financial support to assist in bringing the bust from Greece. Collection of Flinders University Museum of Art, © the artist. Photography: Sam Roberts}

This bust of the renowned Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC) was commissioned by Sotirios Phillis, President of the Halkidikeon Society of SA Aristotle Inc., and generously donated by the Prefect of Halkidiki, Asterios Zograffos.

It was officially unveiled on 11 November 2012 by the Honourable Jay Weatherill MP, Premier of South Australia.

Professor Michael Tsianikas, Director of the LOGOS Centre and Professor of Modern Greek, noted that the occasion also celebrated the formation of the new Aristotelian Society at Flinders University—a forum for the local Greek community to honour Aristotle’s enduring legacy and actively engage with his ideas through ongoing dialogue and debate.

“A student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, Aristotle is one of the most influential founding figures of Western philosophy,” Professor Tsianikas said.