Timeline for How did people react to the realization that Aristotle's ideas had gone without question for way too long?
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| Apr 9, 2015 at 17:47 | comment | added | Conifold | By the time Byzantine philosophy matured in 8th century it was thoroughly Aristotelian, interpreted in the spirit of Biblical tradition with its reverence for written authority and transmitted to the West in this form, where Boethius already made pro-Aristotelian choices earlier. When Aristotle's works with openly non-Christian themes appeared in 12th century there was a shock and attempts at suppression until Acquinas "reconciled" them. | |
| Apr 9, 2015 at 17:46 | comment | added | Conifold | Church fathers singled out Plato and Aristotle, Alexandrian school began the adaptation even before 476 AD, the "official" end of antiquity. Dialogue form wasn't seen as suitable for teaching, so Aristotle was most used and commented on, especially his Christianity "compatible" works like Organon. Even Plato was Aristotelianized, and he had no natural philosophy to speak of. After Justinian eliminated pagan competition (Philoponus abandoned philosophy c.530 AD) this school became dominant in Byzantium. | |
| Apr 9, 2015 at 6:39 | history | edited | Alexandre Eremenko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 9, 2015 at 6:34 | comment | added | Alexandre Eremenko | @Conifold: The Wikipedia article on Philoponus does not give a slightest hint that Aristotle was "canonized" at that time. And it makes clear that Philoponus was prosecuted NOT because he criticized Aristotle, but for very different reason. | |
| Apr 9, 2015 at 6:28 | history | edited | Alexandre Eremenko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 9, 2015 at 1:55 | comment | added | Alexandre Eremenko | @Conifold: I wrote in my answer that "Aristotle dominated since the late antiquity". This includes the time of Justinian too. But what makes you think that he was somehow "canonized" by the Christian church at that time? | |
| Apr 9, 2015 at 1:53 | comment | added | Alexandre Eremenko | @Conifold: Thanks for this remark. I know very little about science in the Eastern empire (and even asked on this site, did not get interesting references). Could you give a reference on Philoponus? | |
| Apr 9, 2015 at 0:15 | comment | added | Conifold | The "canonization" of Aristotle started in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) under Justinian (527-565) with serious consequences, as Philoponus's example shows. Even in the West it long predates Acquinas, whose role was to reconcile already established doctrines with newly discovered works of Aristotle from Arabic sources. In late antiquity Aristotle had to share the stage with Neoplatonics, Stoics and Epicureans, among others. Justinian ordered all philosophical schools in Athens closed in 529 AD. | |
| Apr 8, 2015 at 22:12 | history | edited | Alexandre Eremenko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2015 at 22:02 | history | edited | Alexandre Eremenko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2015 at 21:56 | history | answered | Alexandre Eremenko | CC BY-SA 3.0 |