ic) and assessed by medieval Muslim philosophers and scientists.
And while, the influence of Aristotle was somewhat mitigated in Western Europe during the early medieval period (possibly due to the dissociation with the Greek realms), 12th – 13th century brought forth the translations by James of Venice and William of Moerbeke and the works of Thomas Aquinas (like Summa Theologica), with the latter considered as one of the pillars of ‘synthesis’ of Aristotelian principles and Christian theology.
However, there were quite a few late medieval and early modern thinkers and men of science who went on to critique (and even dismiss) some of the Aristotelian notions. For example, noted 17th century English physician William Harvey disproved Aristotle’s notion about the heart (as the seat of the ‘soul’) by establishing how the organ biologically functions as a pump. Similarly, Galileo disregarded the geocentric model and the mass-motion relation originally conceived by Aristotle. On the other hand, some eminent 19th century thinkers and scholars, including philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and mathematician George Boole, did their part to praise and support various Aristotelian conceptions like formal logic and ethics.