Aristotelianism
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Ar·is·to·te·li·an
also Ar·is·to·te·le·an (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.
Ar′is·to·te′li·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.
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Aristotelismus
arisztotelianizmus
arystotelizm
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