According to Galen, the four elements of Aristotelian science—fire, water, air, and earth—comprised the four major humors of the human body: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
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Aristotelian
/ˌæɹɪstəˈtiːliən/
Synonyms for "aristotelian" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Adjective(6 words)
Related words (9)
Adjective(8 words)
peripateticpersuasivephilosophicalrhetoricalscholastic logiciansyllogistic expertsystematictheoretical
Noun(1 words)
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Collocations
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Having noted that, it should be kept in mind that such scholars (i.e. those who reject that Cusanus is trivialist) should not cite as evidence for denying he was a trivialist the fact that Cusanus was an advocate of Aristotelian logic and the Law of Non-Contradiction. This is because an advocacy of both Aristotelian logic and the law of Non-Contradiction are quite compatible with being a trivialist – the trivialist accepts the truth of all propositions, including the Law of Non-Contradiction and other laws of Aristotelian logic.
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Closest matches include aristotelean, aristotelean, aristotelian philosopher, aristotelic, classical.
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