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
Example Sentences
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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
Then shall the Stagirite and Kant be forgotten, and another folio than theirs be turned over for wisdom; even the folio now spread with horoscopes as yet undeciphered, the heaven of heavens on high.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman
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 Hubbard, Elbert
Among the ideal systems which have varied with the fashion of the times, the Arabians adopted the philosophy of the Stagirite, alike intelligible or alike obscure for the readers of every age.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart
Be still, ye reeds of Camus, while I teach Truths, which transcend the searching Schoolmen's vein, And half had stagger'd that stout Stagirite.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles
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