U-Aristotle wabhala ngezinto ezimayelana lokudweba, ngezinkanyezi, ngezinto eziphilayo, ngamasiko, ngezindimi, ngemithetho, ngendlela yokusebenza kwengqondo, amandla emaginetha, imvelaphi yezinto lendlela ezihamba ngayo, ezokuzilibazisa, inkondlo, ezombusazwe, ubungcitshi bokukhuluma kanye lendaba yomphefumulo ayekholwa ukuthi awufi. Wayesaziwa kakhulu ngesayensi yemvelo leyokusebenza kwengqondo.

Ukuze zichasise ngemvelo izifundiswa zasendulo ezingamaGiriki zazithembele kakhulu kulokho ezazikubona ngamehlo lezazicabangela ukuthi yikho okuqondileyo. Babekholwa ukuthi bangacabangisisa kuhle ngalokho ababekubona babengafika esiphethweni esiyiso.

Ifilosofi yabo yabanceda kwezinye izinto, ngokwesibonelo bananzelela ukuthi indawo yonke yayihlelekile. Uhlupho olwabakhona ngolokuthi imicabango yabo yayiphelela kulokho ababekubona ngamehlo kuphela, ngokwenza njalo inengi lamadoda akhaliphileyo okugoqela lo-Aristotle lacina selitshaya iganga. Ngokwesibonelo babekholwa ukuthi amaplanethi lezinkanyezi kubhoda umhlaba. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakucatshangwa ukuthi yilo iqiniso. Ibhuku  elithi The Closing of the Western Mind lithi: “Ababekucabanga lababekuzwisisa ngaleso sikhathi kwakuvumelana lombono wamaGiriki wokuthi umhlaba ugonjolozelwe ngamanye amaplanethi lezinkanyezi.”

Kwakungasoze kube lohlupho olukhulu aluba umcabango lo wahlala ukwabezesayensi kuphela. Okudanisayo yikuthi wasabalala.

Kusukela ngomnyaka ka-500 C.E kusiya ku-1500 C.E amaKhristu e-Europe aqalisa ukwamukela izimfundiso zika-Aristotle. Izikhwicamfundo zamaRoma Katolika ezibona ngezokholo ikakhulu uThomas Aquinas (c. 1224-1274) zafaka imibono ka-Aristotle ezimfundisweni zesonto. Yikho-ke umbono ka-Aristotle wokuthi umhlaba kawubhodi njalo ugonjolozelwe ngamaplanethi lezinkanyezi wacina usuyimfundiso yamaRoma Katolika. Imfundiso le yaphinda yemukelwa ngabakhokheli bamasonto aphuma esontweni yamaKatolika njengoCalvin kanye loLuther, bona ababesithi imfundiso le iseBhayibhilini.—Khangela ibhokisi elithi “ Kabazange Bayizwisise IMibhalo.”

UCharles Freeman wabhala wathi: “Wawungeke uwubone umehluko phakathi [kwezinye izimfundiso zika-Aristotle] lezamaKatolika.” Yikho abanye baze bathi u-Aquinas wamukela phose zonke izimfundiso zika-Aristotle wazifundisa esontweni yamaRoma. UFreeman akazange akhuthe ugatsha lapho ebhala ukuthi, “u-Aquinas nguye owemukela izimfundiso zika-Aristotle.” Lokho kwabangela ukuthi lesonto lizemukele izimfundiso lezi. UGalileo owayedabuka e-Italy njalo eyisazi sezinkanyezi lesayensi wazama ukunika ubufakazi bokuthi umhlaba yiwo obhoda ilanga. Lokho kwabangela ukuthi athonisiswe njalo abanjwe ngamandla ukuthi alahle umbono wakhe. * U-Aristotle wananzelela ukuthi ulwazi lwesayensi luyathuthuka njalo lungantshintsha. Aluba amasonto aba lombono onjengowakhe endabeni le, kwakuzawanceda kakhulu.