Aristotelianism

[ar-uh-stuh-teel-yuh-niz-uhm, -tee-lee-uh-, uh-ris-tuh-]

noun

1. the philosophy of Aristotle.

2. emphasis upon deduction and upon investigation of concrete and particular things and situations.

Other Word Forms

• anti-Aristotelianism noun
• pro-Aristotelianism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aristotelianism¹

First recorded in 1835–45; Aristotelian + -ism

Example Sentences

The Aristotelian wall was crumbling, thanks to the influence of the Muslims and the Hindus, and by the 1400s even the staunchest European supporters of Aristotelianism had their doubts.

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This was no easy or rapid victory: philosophy, particularly Aristotelianism, had long had a powerful hold over Europe's intellectual life.

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It was the period of revolt against the Aristotelianism of the schools, and Gassendi shared to the full the empirical tendencies of the age.

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The opposition to Aristotelianism among the humanists has already been alluded to.

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The moral philosophy of Aquinas is Aristotelianism with a Neoplatonic tinge, interpreted and supplemented by a view of Christian dogma derived chiefly from Augustine.

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