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Full Idea
In Greece, Aristotle is perhaps the only philosopher in the modern sense, and he is entirely outside the Greek tradition.
Gist of Idea
Among the Greeks Aristotle is the only philosopher in the modern style
Source
Simone Weil (God in Plato [1942], p.45)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.45
A Reaction
She sees Plato as embodying the true tradition. Everything Aristotle writes is 'peri phusis' (about nature), and that is a standard topic of philosophy right from the start. She emphasises Plato long historical roots. Pythagoras is key.
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