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I'm pretty sure that Aristotle was not a Christian.

First he was not a scientist, he was a philosopher. The science as we know it was develo[ed in the Middle Ages by the Roman Catholic Church, yes using some ideas of Aristotle modified by scholasticism.

Second the philosophy of Aristotle was theocentric itself with God being the First Mover.

19 posted on 08/07/2006 11:36:03 AM PDT by A. Pole (Saint Augustine: "The truth speaks from the bottom of the heart without the noise of words")

>> First he was not a scientist, he was a philosopher. The science as we know it was develo[ed in the Middle Ages by the Roman Catholic Church, yes using some ideas of Aristotle modified by scholasticism.

Second the philosophy of Aristotle was theocentric itself with God being the First Mover.<<

Well Aristotle wrote books on biology and zoology. Props to the Catholic church for its stand on science these days and for their support of science like astronomy.

But I've never heard the Catholic church credited with inventing science.

21 posted on 08/07/2006 11:42:33 AM PDT by gondramB (Never appeal to an enemy's better nature, he might not have one. Self interest yields more leverage)

>> I'm pretty sure that Aristotle was not a Christian.

>First he was not a scientist, he was a philosopher.

Perhaps. But Aristarchus (310 BC - c. 230 BC), Archimedes (c. 287 BC – 212 BC) and Eratosthenes (276 BC - 194 BC) most assuredly *were* scientists. At the time, the difference between "scientist" and "philosopher" was vague and ill-defined and it has been until argueably sometime in the 19th century.

It was largely through the re-discovery of the works of Greek pagans and agnostics that the Rennaissance was made possible.

51 posted on 08/07/2006 1:39:34 PM PDT by orionblamblam (I'm interested in science and preventing its corruption, so here I am.)