A belief formed through deference to Aristotelian texts cannot survive Agrippa's trilemma: it either regresses infinitely, circles back through the same authorities, or bottoms out in unjustified assertion.

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Agrippa's trilemma(Pyrrhonian skepticism): An argument constructed from the three Agrippan modes used by Pyrrhonian skeptics to induce suspension of judgment
Aristotelian texts(as used in epistemology): Writings by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BCE), who wrote about logic, physics, ethics, and many other subjects. For centuries, people treated his ideas as authoritative sources of truth.
Circles back(as used in logic): Returns to where you started instead of moving forward; in reasoning, this means using something as evidence when that same thing was what you were trying to prove in the first place.
Deference to authority(as used in epistemology): Accepting something as true simply because a trusted expert or important source says so, rather than understanding or questioning it yourself.

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