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Definition of Aristotle

1. Noun. One of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC).

Definition of Aristotle

1. Proper noun. An ancient Greek philosopher (382–322 BC), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. ¹

2. Proper noun. A male given name. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Aristotle

1. The son of a physician and old Asclepiad family was born at Stagira, a Greek colony on the coast of Macedonia. Aristotle was called "The Prince of those who know." He established a harmonious bridge between biology and medicine. He was adept in logic, botany, zoology and anatomy. Darwin called this peripatetic the World's greatest natural scientist. He was the tutor of Alexander the Great. As knowledgeable as he was, some of his concepts were very wrong. One of his misconceptions was spontaneous generation. He believed creatures were generated by dung hills and this idea prevailed until the 19th century when Pasteur exposed its absurdity. He taught that semen was non-essential, and he supported the virgin-birth. He speculated that the seat of consciousness was in the heart, not the brain. Because he tutored young Alexander, his student supplied him with a wealth of specimens of exotic plants and animals. He became one of the great natural scientists. When Aristotle retired he bequeathed his private library and Lyceum at Athens (his private school), to Theophrastus his pupil. Lived: 384-322 B.C. (15 Nov 1997)

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Literary usage of Aristotle

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1. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1835)
"aristotle had studied under the divine Plato ; but the disciple and (he ... Plato was the chief of the academic sect, and aristotle of the peripatetic. ..."

2. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"When aristotle discusses the absolute monarchy of the one man whose excellence ... As Professor Henry Sidgwick put it, 'aristotle wishes to conduct ideal ..."

3. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"The path was broken for the assault upon the Scholastic aristotle, ... His declamation against aristotle is on the grounds just stated, and is qualified by ..."

4. A History of Political Theories, Ancient and Mediaeval by William Archibald Dunning (1902)
"CHAPTER III THE POLITICS OF aristotle 1. Method and Character of The Politics THE capital significance of aristotle, in the history of political theories, ..."

5. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"He accepts the authority of aristotle for the sublunar sphere, ... PREDOMINANCE OP aristotle Although the study of the Aristotelian philosophy gave ..."

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