Stagira
Americannoun
noun
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This remarkable man, the founder of the experimental school, and the Father of Natural History, was born 384 B. C. at Stagira in Macedonia.
From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Clodd, Edward
Aristotle was born at Stagira, in Thrace, B.C.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
His second wife was Herpylis, a native of Stagira, by whom he had a son, called Nicomachus.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Those were great times when the King came to Stagira!
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
He was born at Stagira, 384 B.C., and early evinced an insatiable thirst for knowledge.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by Lord, John
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