Stagirite
Americannoun
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an inhabitant or native of Stagira
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an epithet of Aristotle
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Etymology
Origin of Stagirite
1610–20; < Latin Stagīrītēs < Greek Stagīrī́tēs. See Stagira, -ite 1
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From the ancient writers I yet wish to add one more authority; and I do so especially, because the doctrine of the Stagirite is therein recorded.
From Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 by Various
Convinc'd, amaz'd, he checks the bold design; And rules as strict his labour'd work confine, As if the Stagirite o'erlook'd each line.
From The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope
Aristotle was born 384 B. C. at Stagira, whence he is frequently called "the Stagirite."
From Woman under socialism by Daniel De Leon
Plato had no sons after the flesh, and the love of his heart went out to the Stagirite: in him he saw his own life projected.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard
In his other works, he develops the germs of thought which he had gathered from the Stagirite, and makes them the groundwork of his philosophical and theological speculations.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
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