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Definition of Aristotelianism
1. Noun. (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"
Category relationships: Philosophy
Generic synonyms: Philosophical Doctrine, Philosophical Theory
Derivative terms: Aristotelean, Aristotelian, Peripatetic
Definition of Aristotelianism
1. Proper noun. (philosophy) The philosophical system of w:Aristotle Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) and his followers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aristotelianism
Literary usage of Aristotelianism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance by Joel Elias Spingarn (1908)
"Aristotelianism m ff The influence of Aristotle's Poetics is first visi- , |ble
in the dramatic literature of the early sixteenth ..."
2. Dante & Aquinas by Philip Henry Wicksteed (1913)
"CHAPTER III THE MIGRATIONS OF ARISTOTLE AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF Aristotelianism
WE are now to follow the fates of Aristotle and Aristotelianism, ..."
3. Evenings with the skeptics; or, Free discussion on free thinkers by John Owen (1881)
"An opportunity for considering the further progress of Aristotelianism in its
decline and fall will be afforded us when we come to Peter Ramus.3 ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... his Aristotelianism marks an epoch in the history of Christian philosophy.
He has been described as the first of the Scholastics (Krumbacher- Ehrhard. ..."
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