Aristotelian philosophy

Aristotelianism (/ˌærᵻstəˈtiːliənᵻzəm/ ARR-i-stə-TEE-li-ə-niz-əm) is a tradition of philosophy that takes its defining inspiration from the work of Aristotle. (This school of thought is in the modern sense of philosophy, covering existence, ethics, mind, and related subjects. In Aristotle's time, philosophy included natural philosophy; that was replaced by modern science during the Scientific Revolution.) The works of Aristotle were initially defended by the members of the Peripatetic school, and, later on, by the Neoplatonists, who produced many commentaries on Aristotle's writings. In the Islamic Golden Age, Ibn Sina and Ibn Rushd translated the works of Aristotle into Arabic, and under philosophers such as Al-Kindi, Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, Aristotelianism became a major part of early Islamic philosophy.