Aristotelianism

Ar·is·to·te·li·an

also Ar·is·to·te·le·an A0423500 (ăr′ĭ-stə-tē′lē-ən, -tēl′yən, ə-rĭs′tə-)adj. Of or relating to Aristotle or to his philosophy.n.1. A follower of Aristotle or his teachings.2. A person whose thinking and methods tend to be empirical, scientific, or commonsensical.

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Ar′is·to·te′li·an·ism n.

Aristotelianism

the philosophy of Aristotle, especially an emphasis upon formal deductive logic, upon the concept that reality is a combination of form and matter, and upon investigation of the concrete and particular. — Aristotelian, n., adj.See also: Philosophy

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Aristotelianism - (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science; "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought"peripateticismphilosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethicsphilosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy

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