Argenteuil, 437
Argonauts, 517
"Arguments Against Belief in a God" (Sextus Empiricus), 238 -239
arguments for God, 585 , 588 -589, 609 , 691 , 709. See also ontological
argument Arianism, 302 , 338 , 369 , 373 , 382 , 384 , 389 , 438 ;
Constantine and, 329 , 332 ; doctrine of, 333 ; dominates Western
Empire, 334 , 335 , 386
Aristarchus of Samos, Greek astronomer ( 315? 230? B.C.), 131 , 214
-216, 222 , 223 , 257 , 259 , 526 , 528 , 531
Aristarchus of Samos, the
Ancient Copernicus (Heath), 214 *
Aristodemus, 90 , 98
Aristophanes, Greek comic dramatist ( 448?-380 B. C.), 59 , 80 , 82 , 86
, 116
Aristotle (the Stagirite), Greek philosopher ( 384- 322 B.C.), 19 , 211 ,
260 , 370 , 428 ; and Alexander, 160 161, 184 -185, 276 ; and
Anaximander, 27 , 212 ; and ancient philosophy, 25 , 31 *, 45 , 63 , 213 ,
218 , 232 , 234 , 236 , 264 , 288 ; and Aquinas, 285 , 303 , 452 456, 458
, 461 , 462 ; and astronomy, 131 , 181 , 207 , 212 , 529 , 530 ; and
Avertoes, 425 , 426 ; and Francis Bacon, 543 , 544 ; and Catholic
philosophy, 195 , 348 , 358 , 440 , 452 , 466 ; cheerful and optimistic, 21
, 167 , 182 , 229 , 232 ; and Democritus, 65 , 66 ; and Empedocles, 55 ,
58 ; ethics of, 172 -184; and God, 167 , 168 -169, 172 , 180 , 192 , 353 ,
455 , 456 , 462 , 585 , 586 ; on the Greeks, 186 , 192 -193, 219 -220;
harm done by, 73 ; and Hobbes, 547 , 552 , 555 ; and individualism, 598
; influence of, 101 , 159 , 184 , 195 , 202 , 207 , 476 , 599 ; knowledge
of, 283 , 323 , 418 -419, 440 , 478 ; on Leucippus, 64 , 68 ; logic of, 160
, 195 -202, 424 , 493 , 591 ; metaphysics of, 159 -172, 182 , 198 , 201
-202; and moderrs philosophy, 513 , 535 , 558 , 582 , 607 , 692 , 734 ,
761 , 786 ; and Mohammedans, 283 , 423 , 424 , 427 , 428 ; physics of,
203 -207; and Plato, 61 , 104 , 160 , 161 , 177 , 180 , 183 , 188 -189, 195
, 218 ,
283 ; and Platonic theory of ideas, 128 , 162 , 166 ; and politics, 176
-178, 184 -195, 276 , 509 , 785 ; and Renaissance, 195 , 500 , 501 , 516 ,
525 ; and scholastic philosophy, 405 -406, 418 , 429 , 430 , 435 , 438 ,
440 , 451 , 464 465, 468 , 472 , 484 , 493 ;and science, 73 , 159 , 537 ,
538 , 828 ; and soul, 165 , 168 -173, 286 , 293 , 458 , 562 , 568 ; on
Sparta, 96 , 97 , 99 -100; and universals, 162 -164, 166 , 458 , 786 ;cited,
161 , 178 , 180 , 186 -190, 192 , 193 , 212 *; quoted, 68 , 69 -70, 99 ,
163 , 168 , 170 , 171 -172, 174 -176, 178 -181, 185 -187, 189 -192, 200 ,
205