Aristotelianism

Ar·is·to·te·li·an also Ar·is·to·te·le·an  (r-st-tl-n, -tlyn, -rst-)

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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Aris·to·teli·an·ism n.

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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" peripateticism philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy