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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.), the great Greek philosopher, was born at Stagira, on the Strymonic Gulf, and hence called " the Stagirite." Dionysius of Halicamassus, in his Epistle on Demosthenes and Aristotle (chap. 5), gives the following sketch of his life: — Aristotle ('ApurTortXijs) was the son of Nicomachus, who traced back his descent and his art to Machaon.son of Aesculapius ; his mother being Phaestis, a descendant of one of those who carried the colony from Chalcis to Stagira. He was born in the oqth Olympiad …
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