Authority Cited: Aristotle
Author name and dates: Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
BKG Bio-tweet: Empirical philosopher; Alexander the Great tutor; profound medieval thought influence; still studied; six lots in SJ lib.
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Aristotle cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1. Aristotle is frequently cited as a secondary source in quotes of other authorities - about 47 times in the first Dict. volume and about 47 times in the second Dict. volume.]
Author name and dates: Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
BKG Bio-tweet: Empirical philosopher; Alexander the Great tutor; profound medieval thought influence; still studied; six lots in SJ lib.
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Aristotle cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1. Aristotle is frequently cited as a secondary source in quotes of other authorities - about 47 times in the first Dict. volume and about 47 times in the second Dict. volume.]
- Poetics; per Yale Vol. 18, p. 90, SJ refers to this work in his mention of Aristotle in the Preface to the Dict.; per Greene in Samuel Johnson's Library, an Annotated Guide, 1975, there were Greek and Latin works of Aristotle in SJ's library, and also an English version of the Poetics (Art of Poetry), perhaps the 1705 edition.
- Aristotle (no work cited); acroaticks (A. cited in definition); cone (A.'s def. given in Greek)