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| | The Founders Of Classical Mechanics :: Aristotle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Note, however, that his use of the term science carries a different meaning than that which is covered by the scientific method. |
 | | "All science (dianoia) is either practical, poetical or theoretical." By practical science he understands ethics and politics; by poetical, he means the study of poetry and the other fine arts; while by theoretical philosophy he means physics, mathematics, and metaphysics. |
 | | Aristotle says, "The form is the account (and the genera of the account) of the essence (for instance, the cause of an octave is the ratio two to one, and in general number), and the parts that are in the account." |
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