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Aristotelian 1. of or relating to Aristotle (384--322 bc), the Greek philosopher or his philosophy 2. (of a philosophical position) derived from that of Aristotle, or incorporating such of his major doctrines as the distinctions between matter and form, and substance and accident, or the primacy of individuals over universals How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ironically, even surprisingly, the perceived intellectual threat of Hellenistic thought, particularly Aristotelianism in its Neoplatonic garb, was in the end overcome by a gradual process of co-option in which the Greek sciences were actively "appropriated" and completely "naturalized" to such an extent that ibn Khaldun in the fifteenth century was drawn to observe that one could no longer differentiate between kalam and falsafah, so much had the two been fused together. Eclectic Aristotelianism in the Moral Philosophy of Francesco Piccolomini. He deftly demonstrates the Aristotelian foundations of Newman's thought, but also insists that Newman's is a "re-imagined" Aristotelianism. |
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