# Talk:Aristotle

The section oddly titled "Transmission" contains material that, in many other articles in wikipedia, would be labeled "Legacy". I propose to rename the section. This would also address complaints about a missing section with the name "Legacy". Please comment with rename or keep. Johnjbarton (talk) 18:22, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Rename: Ok, go for it if that's the consensus; my concern was the risk of trying to cover all of Aristotelianism. Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:41, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Rename: Agreed, per my concerns raised above. Psychastes (talk) 19:10, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
This has been  Done Johnjbarton (talk) 16:17, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

The text refers to (outdated) BC, which should be BCE. 114.10.79.137 (talk) 04:16, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

No, both forms are valid, and this article uses the shorter one. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:22, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
I just want to clarify. It's 2025 and we are using "Before Christ" for measuring time for the general public, even if swaths of humanity do not believe Jesus was "Christ" and even though we have a widely adopted alternative? And the rationale is (checks notes) because it is one letter shorter? I wonder what Mark Twain would have to say about that. 69.41.96.248 (talk) 15:50, 8 September 2025 (UTC)
Twain would have maintained good humour about it. There are thousands of usages in English (and every other language) that don't make a lot of sense literally or etymologically, that's how we earthlings speak. No doubt on planet Vogon, everything is much more rational. Chiswick Chap (talk) 15:53, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Why is his name Aristotle in English? Instead of Aristoteles?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6123_Aristoteles Aristoteles, an asteroid in the main asteroid belt, also bears the classical form of his name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristoteles_(crater) Aristoteles is a crater on the Moon bearing the classical form of Aristotle's name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle#Eponyms
This dictionary doesn't help:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/aristotle
ee1518 (talk) 08:39, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for asking. Wikipedia has a simple policy of following the common name in wide use, which "Aristotle" certainly is. As far as Wikipedia is concerned, that's the end of the discussion. But to answer your question briefly (at the risk of straying off-topic per WP:NOTFORUM), English over the centuries has taken in thousands of classical era names, and all the oldest and most famous names are modified to suit English diction. Thus we say Pliny, Livy, Horace, not Gaius Plinius, Titus Livius, or Quintus Horatius. That's just how it is. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC)