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Definition of Aristotelian

1. Noun. A follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy. "Aristotelean logic"

Definition of Aristotelian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).

Definition of Aristotelian

1. Noun. A disciple of Aristotle; see peripatetic. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle, or to his followers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Aristotelian

1. Attributed to or described by Aristotle. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aristotelian

aristocratical aristocratically aristocraticalness aristocratick aristocraticness aristocratisation aristocratism aristocratization aristocrats aristolochene synthase

aristolochic aristolochic acid aristology aristophrenia aristos aristotelian (current term) aristotelian method aristotle's lantern aristotype aristulate

arithmancer arithmancers arithmancy arithmatically arithmetic arithmetic function arithmetic functions arithmetic hierarchy arithmetic logic unit arithmetic logic units

Literary usage of Aristotelian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The genuineness of the aristotelian works, as Leibnitz truly said (De ... An aristotelian work often goes on continuously at first, and then becomes ..."

2. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society by American Philosophical Society (1771)
"V. The Mechanical Arts and the aristotelian Tradition The integration of crafts into classifications of knowledge did not occur solely within the religious ..."

3. Mental Science: A Compendium of Psychology, and the History of Philosophy by Alexander Bain (1870)
"The aristotelian discrimination between First and Second Substance was thus always kept in sight, and Boëthius treated it much in the same manner as ..."

4. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"Technical Forms of the aristotelian Philosophy.— We have already had occasion to cite ... Another favourite aristotelian antithesis is that of Power and Act ..."

5. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"Technical Forms of the aristotelian Philosophy.— We have already had occasion to cite ... Another favourite aristotelian antithesis is that of Power and Act ..."

6. In Defense of the Earth's Centrality and Immobility: Scholastic Reaction to by Edward Grant (1984)
"One of those who took this direction was Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588-1638), an influential aristotelian natural philosopher who was a professor of ..."

7. Aristotle by George Grote (1872)
"He makes a new list, formed partly out of the aristotelian ten, partly out of the ... The latter portion of this aristotelian treatise, on the Categories or ..."

8. Logic by Christoph Sigwart (1895)
"The distinction of figures and moods was justified from the point of view of the aristotelian doctrine ; but, from the point of view of the traditional ..."

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