Aristotle

Concept of Knowledge

Knowledge according to Aristotle is, a body of knowledge about some subject, which organized into a

system of proofs or demonstration. This knowledge is best known as Scientific Knowledge but without

reliance over experimental method.

Scientific Knowledge

Geometry Mathematical Arithmetic

Deduction of the First

Principle*

Nature of Knowledge

1- It is a demonstrative science which has a strict deductive structure.

2- The First Principle are necessarily true which can give a demonstrative syllogisms.

*the first judgement is called the principle of non-contradiction because the most basic condition of things,
namely, that they cannot be self-contradictory.

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