Aristoteles
A famous philosopher, son of Nicomachus, born at Stagira. He went to Athens to hear Plato's lectures, where he soon signalized himself by his genius. He has been called by Plato the philosopher of truth, and Cicero complimented him for his eloquence, fecundity of thought, and universal knowledge. He died in his sixty-third year, B. C. 322. The term Stagirite has been applied to Aristotle from the name of his birthplace. Pope, in his Essay on Criticism, thus alludes to him under this name: "And rules as strict his labor'd work confine, As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line."