Aristotle

[ ar-uh-stot-l ]

/ ˈær əˌstɒt l /

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noun

384–322 b.c., Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.

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Words nearby Aristotle

Aristoteles, Aristotelian, Aristotelianism, Aristotelian logic, Aristotelian method, Aristotle, Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer, Aristotle's lantern, aristotype, arith., arithmancy

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Kearney references artists and intellectuals from Aristotle to Shakespeare to Don DeLillo to Leïla Slimani.
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We found evidence that many coveted human-to-human friendships do not in fact live up to Aristotle’s ideal.
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This is something Aristotle might have recognized, too, if only he’d tried to figure it out for himself.
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My father, when he was teaching me Lao-Tse or Confucius, would also quote Aristotle or Plato or Bertrand Russell or Voltaire.
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If we follow Aristotle in grounding moral truth in the goal-directed nature of human beings, then we fail to account for the necessity of moral truths.
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Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere school-boys to old Aristotle.
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Aristotle did make progress beyond earlier philosophers, just as Darwin advanced beyond Linnaeus and Cuvier.
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Taxonomy was another major area in which Aristotle influenced the history of science.
Why Aristotle Deserves A Posthumous Nobel|Nick Romeo|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aristotle is not typically remembered as the father of naturalists, but Darwin acknowledged a line of intellectual descent.
Why Aristotle Deserves A Posthumous Nobel|Nick Romeo|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The genus-species distinction that we still use is a legacy of Aristotle.
Why Aristotle Deserves A Posthumous Nobel|Nick Romeo|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thomas goes on to contradict Aristotle, in holding quod nullum ens esset nisi corpus.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Amplification, declamation, and exaggeration were at all times the faults of the Greeks, excepting Demosthenes and Aristotle.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Aristotle taught for thirteen years, during which time he composed most of his greater works.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
With Aristotle, ethics formed only one branch of attention; his main inquiries were in reference to physics and metaphysics.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Though Aristotle wrote in a methodical manner, his writings exhibit great parsimony of language.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord

British Dictionary definitions for Aristotle (1 of 3)

aristotle

/ (ˈærɪˌstɒtəl) /

noun Australian slang

a bottle

old-fashioned the buttocks or anus

Word Origin for aristotle

rhyming slang; in sense 2, shortened from bottle and glass arse

British Dictionary definitions for Aristotle (2 of 3)

Aristotle¹

/ (ˈærɪˌstɒtəl) /

noun

384–322 bc, Greek philosopher; pupil of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great, and founder of the Peripatetic school at Athens; author of works on logic, ethics, politics, poetics, rhetoric, biology, zoology, and metaphysics. His works influenced Muslim philosophy and science and medieval scholastic philosophy

British Dictionary definitions for Aristotle (3 of 3)

Aristotle²

/ (ˈærɪˌstɒtəl) /

noun

a prominent crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 83 kilometres in diameter

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Medical definitions for Aristotle

Aristotle

[ ăr′ĭ-stŏt′l ]

384-322 bc

Greek philosopher. A pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly influenced Western intellectual and scientific thought. In his works on science he emphasized the direct observation of nature and the philosophy that theory follows empirical observation.

Scientific definitions for Aristotle

Aristotle

[ ăr′ĭ-stŏt′l ]

384-322 bce

Greek philosopher and scientist who wrote about virtually every area of knowledge, including most of the sciences. Throughout his life he made careful observations, collected specimens, and summarized all the existing knowledge of the natural world. He pioneered the study of zoology, developing a classification system for all animals and making extensive taxonomic studies. His systematic approach later evolved into the basic scientific method in the Western world.

Cultural definitions for Aristotle

Aristotle

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One of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers, with a large influence on subsequent Western thought. Aristotle was a student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great. He disagreed with Plato over the existence of ideal Forms and believed that form and matter are always joined. Aristotle's many books include Rhetoric, the Poetics, the Metaphysics, and the Politics.