Aristotle

[ar-uh-stot-l]

noun

1. 384–322 b.c., Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great.

Aristotle

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/ ˈærɪˌstɒtəl /

noun

1. 384–322 _bc , Greek philosopher; pupil of Plato, tutor of Alexander the Great, and founder of the Peripatetic school at Athens; author of works on logic, ethics, politics, poetics, rhetoric, biology, zoology, and metaphysics. His works influenced Muslim philosophy and science and medieval scholastic philosophy

Aristotle

²

/ ˈærɪˌstɒtəl /

noun

1. a prominent crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 83 kilometres in diameter

aristotle

³

/ ˈærɪˌstɒtəl /

noun

1. a bottle

2. old-fashioned,  the buttocks or anus

Aristotle

1. Greek philosopher and scientist who wrote about virtually every area of knowledge, including most of the sciences. Throughout his life he made careful observations, collected specimens, and summarized all the existing knowledge of the natural world. He pioneered the study of zoology, developing a classification system for all animals and making extensive taxonomic studies. His systematic approach later evolved into the basic scientific method in the Western world.

Aristotle

1. One of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers, with a large influence on subsequent Western thought. Aristotle was a student of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great. He disagreed with Plato over the existence of ideal Forms and believed that form and matter are always joined. Aristotle's many books include Rhetoric, the Poetics, the Metaphysics, and the Politics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aristotle¹

rhyming slang; in sense 2, shortened from bottle and glass arse

Example Sentences

In Umberto Eco’s novel “The Name of the Rose,” a medieval abbey’s library that houses the lost second book of Aristotle’s “Poetics” burns to the ground.

From Salon

In Ancient Greece, Plato thought the self, or the soul, was immortal, while Aristotle saw it as something that was connected to the body.

From Salon

In the 1950s, the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis — soon to be familiar on American shores as the second husband of Jacqueline Kennedy — supposedly declared that Long Beach was “the world’s most modern shipping port.”

From Los Angeles Times

Fornés believed that a work of art isn’t an equation to be solved but an invitation for wonder, which Aristotle considered the beginning of philosophy.

From Los Angeles Times

Aristotle later described tragedy’s capacity, through evoking pity and fear, to stir moral reflection in its audience.

From Salon