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aristotelianism
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upright=1.0|thumb|Aristotle by Francesco Hayez, 1811
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- Instance of
- philosophical movement
- Subclass of
- philosophy
- Named after
- Aristotle
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- (Venice) Aristotele by Francesco Hayez in gallerie Accademia Venice.jpg
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- History
- Ancient Greek
- Byzantine Empire<!--'Byzantine Aristotelianism' redirects here-->
- Islamic world<!--'Islamic Aristotelianism' redirects here-->
- Western Europe
- Modern era
- Contemporary
- Ethics
- Meta-ontology<!--'Neo-Aristotelianism (philosophy)' redirects here-->
- Problem of universals
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
upright=1.0|thumb|Aristotle by Francesco Hayez, 1811
Aristotelianism ( ) is a philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle, usually characterized by deductive logic and an analytic inductive method in the study of natural philosophy and metaphysics. It covers the treatment of the social sciences under a system of natural law. It answers why-questions by a scheme of four causes, including purpose or teleology, and emphasizes virtue ethics. Aristotle and his school wrote tractates on physics, biology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, and government. Any school of thought that takes one of Aristotle's distinctive positions as its starting point can be considered "Aristotelian" in the widest sense. This means that different Aristotelian theories (e.g. in ethics or in ontology) may not have much in common as far as their actual content is concerned besides their shared reference to Aristotle.
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