The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stagirite
Stagirite \Stag"i*rite\ (st[a^]j"[i^]*r[imac]t), n. A native of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle. [Written also Stagyrite.]
Usage examples of "stagirite".
Though he was called the Galen of his time, and looked up to the Greek physician as his master, even the authority of Galen did not override that of the Stagirite in his estimation.
The Stagirite preserves silence upon this single point, a circumstance not without deep significance to students of psychology.
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.