1. He supported Aristotle's definitions, and opposed Ramism . 2. Walter Ong considered this dispute one of the major controversies over Ramism . 3. The debate fed into the later development of Ramism . 4. Gerhard Johann Vossius at Leiden wrote massive works on classical rhetoric and opposed Ramism . 5. In general, Ramism liked to deal with binary trees as method for organising knowledge. 6. Ames was much influenced in terms of method by Ramism , and opposed the residual teaching of Aristotle. 7. As Ramism evolved, these characteristic binary trees, set up rigidly, were treated differently in various fields. 8. In 1584 well-known as a centre of encyclopaedic Ramism and as the birthplace of covenant theology and pansophism. 9. He writes, " . . . Ramism might seem merely quaint, perhaps artistically lethal, but of no great importance. 10. Mid-century, Ramism was still under attack, from Cartesians such as Johannes Clauberg, who defended Aristotle against Ramus.