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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of Greek Macedonia. It was the birthplace of Aristotle.
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- noun an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born
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Just as Socrates had taught Plato and Plato in turn had instructed Aristotle, now the philosopher from Stagira would show Alexander the wonders of the universe.
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Just as Socrates had taught Plato and Plato in turn had instructed Aristotle, now the philosopher from Stagira would show Alexander the wonders of the universe.
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Just as Socrates had taught Plato and Plato in turn had instructed Aristotle, now the philosopher from Stagira would show Alexander the wonders of the universe.
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Aristotle [Aristoteli Stagiritae] "To Aristotle of Stagira, for the philosophy handed down in the proper and exact manner, Federico placed this out of gratitude."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
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Aristotle was born in the town of Stagira on the coast of the Chalkidike peninsula, part of an area originally colonized by the Greek city-state of Chalkis.
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Given this difficult position, historians and Aristotelian scholars have sifted through the scraps of information relating to Aristotleis life and have produced a generally accepted account of his activities from his birth in Stagira in 384 BCE to his death 62 years later in Chalkis on the isle of Euboea in 322 BCE.
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Also Aristotle of Stagira, Theophrastus, and many other important Peripatetic philosophers wrote the same thing.
The Chicago Blog: An excerpt from The Birthday Book by Censorinus
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Aristotle was born in Stagira on the northern Aegean coast in 384BC.
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Aristotle was born in Stagira in northern Greece, and that's why he's sometimes referred to as the Stagyrite also, Stagirite.
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Aristotle was born in Stagira in northern Greece, and that's why he's sometimes referred to as the Stagyrite also, Stagirite.
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