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{{Short description|Ancient Greek philosopher, son of Aristotle}}
'''Nicomachus''' ({{langx|el|Νικόμαχος}}; fl. c. 325 BC) was the son of [[Aristotle]]. The ''[[Suda]]'' states that Nicomachus was from [[Stageira]], was a philosopher, a pupil of [[Theophrastus]],<ref>Diogenes Laërtius. Life of Theophrastus VII</ref> and, according to Aristippus, his lover.<ref>ap. Diogenes Laertius, v. 38, and repeated by the Suda, [http://www.stoa.org/sol-bin/search.pl?login=guest&enlogin=guest&db=REAL&field=adlerhw_gr&searchstr=nu,398 ''Nicomachus'']</ref> He may have written a commentary on his father's lectures in physics.<ref>''[[Suda]]'', nu, 398.</ref> Nicomachus was born to the slave [[Herpyllis]], and his father's will commended his care as a boy to several tutors, then to his adopted son, Nicanor. Historians think the ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]'', a compilation of Aristotle's lecture notes, was probably named after or dedicated to Aristotle's son. However, Nicomachus is also believed to be the name of Aristotle's [[Nicomachus (father of Aristotle)|father]]. Several ancient authorities may have conflated Aristotle's ethical works with the commentaries that Nicomachus wrote on them.<ref>William Maxwell Gunn. "Nicomachus" ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology''. William Smith, editor. p 1194. 1867.</ref> Ancient sources indicate that Nicomachus died in battle while still a "lad".<ref>[[Jonathan Barnes]], "Roman Aristotle", in Gregory Nagy, ''Greek Literature'', Routledge 2001, vol. 8, p. 176 n. 249.</ref> 

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