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aristotle

/ˈæɹɪˌstɑtəl/

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What does aristotle mean?

noun

  1. (slang) A bottle.

proper noun

  1. A male given name.
  2. An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

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/ˈæɹɪˌstɑtəl/

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I then desired the governor to call up Descartes and Gassendi, with whom I prevailed to explain their systems to Aristotle.
Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #829
For pleasure crowns activity, as beauty is a crown to youth, as Aristotle truly asserts in the tenth book of the Ethics.
Richard de BuryThe Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de BuryTranslated by Ernest Chester ThomasProject Gutenberg ebook #626
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Not without reason, therefore, did Aristotle give this character of Callisthenes, that he was, indeed, a powerful speaker, but had no judgment.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
Without considering the great authors of the classical period, especially Aristotle and Cicero, there are many modern ones who might be named.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
I married at three-and-thirty years of age, and concur in the opinion of thirty-five, which is said to be that of Aristotle.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600