Aristotle is an encyclopedic educator in the west and a student of Plato. He devoted his whole life to the education in Greece, which laid the foundation for the development and prosperity of western education and made important contributions.

Aristotle first put forward the view that "education follows nature" in the history of western education. Nature here refers to the natural law of human physical and mental development. It is believed that children should be educated in stages according to the law of children's psychological development. At the same time, Aristotle also put forward the educational thought of "all-round development". He inherited Plato's "Rationalism" and advocated that the pursuit of rationality is the pursuit of virtue, and virtue is the highest goal of education. Pay attention to the natural characteristics of children's psychological development and advocate the education of harmonious and all-round development for students.