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  • noun Plural form of Aristotelean.

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  • At the same time he contends that the synthetic judgments of the Aristoteleans have no scientific value, since, coming as they do from experience, they must be contingent and particular.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • It was, however, one of St. Thomas's greatest achievements in philosophy that, especially in his opusculum "De unitate intellectus", he refuted the Arabian interpretation of Aristotle, showed that the active intellect is part of the individual soul, and thus removed the uncertainty which, for the Aristoteleans, hung around the notions of immateriality and immortality.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • For a time, his campaign against Aristotle had the effect of rallying to his views the Anti-Aristoteleans of every country in Europe.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • The Aristoteleans answer, and rightly, that the so-called synthetic a priori judgments are all analytic.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • This at once raised a storm on the part of the Aristoteleans, who would not accept even facts in contradiction of their master's dicta.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • From all this it is apparent that Avicenna is no exception to the general description of the Arabian Aristoteleans as neo-Platonic interpreters of Aristotle.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • At Padua Telesio first came to be recognized as a leader of the anti-Aristoteleans.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • It is only fair, however, to add that some of the more faithful Aristoteleans among the Arabians, such as Averroes, were content to put scientific knowledge in the place of ecstatic contemplation, and thus succeeded in avoiding the contradictions implied in the mysticism of the Sufis.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • Now, according to the Aristoteleans, all synthetic judgments are a posteriori, because they are dependent on experience, and all analytic judgments are a priori, because the bond, or nexus, in them is perceived without appeal to experience.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • The demonstration of that principle of a science of physical economy which underlies the notion of a "simultaneity of eternity," was presented in a pedagogically expert way by Philo's argument denouncing the posturing of the Aristoteleans of his time.

    LaRouche's Latest 2009

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