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What does Aristotelianism mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (philosophy) The philosophical system of Aristotle (384 BCE – 322 BCE) and his followers.
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Roughly, Husserl held to Platonism in one sense and Aristotelianism in another.
People would no longer be fed on the dry crust of Aristotelianism or be satisfied with the intellectual jugglery of the Schoolmen.
This deep metaphysical divergence was the prime cause of the transition from Platonism to Aristotelianism.
The mingling of Aristotelianism and religion in the scholastic theology Luther had assailed.
For all its complexity and equivocality, the urge to transcend the perceived limitations of Aristotelianism remains a central philosophical motivation.
Aristotelianism approved itself as the controversial instrument, and in due course held the field alone.

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