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Aristotelianism

Aristotelianism

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A set of ideas from Aristotle about thinking, nature, right action, art, and politics
  • noun
  • /ˌærɪstəˈtiːliənɪzəm/
  • Formal
: aristotelismo
  • Many philosophers today still draw on principles of Aristotelianism when discussing moral responsibilities.

So he knows what what he means by Aristotelianism.

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Examples

  • We can do it, Bacon is saying; we can free ourselves from the shackles of Aristotelianism and the Middle Ages and come into our own.

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  • But as Pierre Manent has most thoroughly articulated, Tocqueville's political science is not a modified Aristotelianism.

    Academic text (2000)
  • His defense of Aristotelianism is philosophically interesting.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Leibniz was wrong to believe that he was getting closer to Aristotelianism.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Des Bosses had one big idea: the key to reviving Aristotelianism was to establish a real distinction between matter and extension.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The remark, perfectly in line with received Aristotelianism, points to a differentiation between a thing's superficial and deep features.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Jaffa shares Mansfield's admiration for Aristotelianism.

    Academic text (2002)
  • In fact, I believe that the Aristotelianism of Jacques Maritain is quite possibly our first example of political liberalism of the type now fully developed by Rawls and Charles Larmore.

    Academic text (2000)
  • I have learned a lot from my colleagues, especially about Aristotelianism from John H. Randall and Ernest Moody, and about the history of science from Lynn Thorndike, and I greatly profited from the rich resources of our library and from the competent help of its staff.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The teachings of Aristotelianism emphasize the importance of logic and ethics in understanding the world.

Synonyms

peripateticism
vsAristotelianism
  • Formal
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Ideas and teachings of Aristotle about logic, nature, and how people should live

has identical meaning but is the more common modern label

Surface Forms

Morphology

Aristotelianism = Aristotelian (transparent) = Aristotle + ian + ism

The addition of '-ism' to 'Aristotelian' clearly denotes a system of beliefs or philosophy.

Etymology

Aristotelianism comes from the name Aristotle and the parts -ian ('related to') and -ism ('belief' or 'system'). So, Aristotelianism means the ideas and teachings that come from Aristotle.