EXHIBIT 31.2  CERTIFICATION OF SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002  CERTIFICATION  I, Dean T. Johnson, certify that:  1.
I have reviewed this annual report on
Form 10-K of The Aristotle Corporation;  2.
Based on my knowledge, this report
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this annual
report;  3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial
statements and other financial information included in this report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this annual report;  4.
The registrants other certifying
officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:  a.
designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;  b.
designed such internal control over
financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;  c.
evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based
on such evaluation; and  d.
disclosed in this report any change
in the registrants internal controls over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial reporting;
and  5.
The registrants other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors
and the audit committee of registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent function):  a.
all significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and  b.
any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in
the registrants internal control over financial
reporting.  Date: March 27,
2008  /s/ Dean T. Johnson  Dean T. Johnson Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer