Heoi anō, ka ngaro ngā kupu taketake o Aristotle i Western Europe, ā, kotahi anake ngā kupu a Plato i mōhiotia, te Timaeus, ko te Platonic anake te kōrero, ā, ko tētahi o ngā torutoru o ngā mahi taketake o te whakaaro māori, e wātea ana ki ngā kaipānui Latin i te Middle Ages o mua.