I read the second chapter in my book for English class Understanding Rhetoric, and chose number 4 in drawing conclusions.

The Aristotle in the book and the one in the pictures I found online seem to have a stark contrast. The Aristotle in the book seems like a young student I can relate to more easily, and I think the illustrator drew him that way for that exact purpose. Plato is his wise, grumpy teacher and Aristotle is the young upstart with bright, new ideas. It seems refreshing to see him in that light.

The Aristotle that I found online is much different. I mostly found carved busts of his image and they all seem to be the visage of an older, wiser man. He seems more like a teacher than a student. The Aristotle in the book seems to smile and even make jokes, while the bust in the pictures seems to be of a stern man who would not joke around. I'm sure that, at the time, the artist carving the bust was trying to make Aristotle look serious so future generations would see the artwork and think Aristotle to be a very learned and serious man, but we'll never know for sure how Aristotle was when he was alive.