"Aristotle" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used to refer to the ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, as in the sentence "Aristotle's works have had a significant influence on Western culture for centuries."
Its roots are far deeper than 20th-century ideologies, drawing upon Aristotle and Catholic social thought every bit as much as the English commonwealth tradition of federal democracy.
They live as they have done for thousands of years – before the internet, the world wars, the United States, the Tudors, Christ, Aristotle or Abraham.
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The concept can be traced as far back as Aristotle, but HW Fowler, whose entry on begging the question is listed under the Latin petitio principii (assumption of the basis), defines it as "the fallacy of founding a conclusion on a basis that as much needs to be proved as the conclusion itself", giving as an example "foxhunting is not cruel, since the fox enjoys the fun".
How also to understand well-intentioned people like Tim Costello, Paris Aristotle or Robert Manne, who undermine their long moral commitment to the poor or asylum seekers by now advocating naïve and immoral policies?
What of Paris Aristotle and Robert Manne, who legitimised the offshore hellholes on Manus Island and Nauru, even though they oppose Scott Morrison's harsh methods?
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And that was just News Corp's climate science mangler-in-chief, Andrew Bolt Henry Ergas, a columnist in the Australian, quoted the likes of Aristotle and Daniel Defoe to conclude "that we can speak the truth only when we can say how things really are.
Aristotle conceived of equality as treating "like cases alike"; identical treatment is not equal treatment, he argued, if individuals are not similarly situated.Mr Bursch was on firmer ground when he noted that the amendment "does not repeal an anti-discrimination law" and therefore does not venture into territory which two earlier cases suggest may be constitutionally forbidden.
Gone, too, were many of the works of Aristotle, Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles and countless other ancient astronomers, mathematicians, poets, playwrights and philosophers.
