- a variation of Stagirite.
Stagyrite
Americannoun
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O’Rourke has written about that overlap of literature and philosophy in “Allwisest Stagyrite: Joyce’s Quotations From Aristotle,” among other works.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2015
The philosophy of Plato, the power of the Athenian drama, and the learning of the Stagyrite, were a new impulse to literature.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppee
The Stagyrite has told us—to purify the passions by pity and terror.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
D'ye catch me, my small Stagyrite, my petit Peripatetic, my comical Academician, eh?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by John Mackay Wilson
"Quell' el gran Greco"—there is the great Grecian, says he, and leaves you to choose between the Stagyrite, Philip of Macedon, and Theseus.
From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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