Aristotle, like Hobbes, ... If you agree with Aristotle, the implication is that by observing the world, you can get an idea of the real essence of things.

But physicians in the empirical tradition, to which Aristotle was exposed by his physician father, learned how to predict the course of disease from observation. Aristotle was arguably the first ...

I know you are still tittering. Let’s put Aristotle on Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass. He has concluded, logically and rationally in his mind, that some birds hibernate. It is quite easy in ...

Aristotle’s central observation was that arguments were valid or not based on their logical structure, independent of the non-logical words involved.

While influenced by Plato, Aristotle diverged from his teacher's idealism, developing his own systematic approach to philosophy grounded in empirical observation and logical reasoning. Aristotle's ...

Aristotle’s anti-liberalism does not stop there. ... Suppose this alien had no gender on their planet, and drew the conclusion of female inferiority from time spent observing ours.

ARISTOTLE’S WAY How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life By Edith Hall 254 pp. Penguin Press. $27. ... Aristotle was the first to observe that philosophy, and particularly ethics, ...