Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The philosophical doctrines of Aristotle and his followers. the philosophy of the Peripatetics. See
Aristotelianism . - noun [lowercase] The practice of walking to and fro; pedestrianism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See
peripatetic , n., 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
doctrines orphilosophical system of theperipatetics .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
peripatetic + -ism. Compare French péripatétisme.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word peripateticism.
Examples
-
Hence peripateticism, the philosophy of Aristotle, as he was said to have taught in the walks of the Lyceum at Athens.
-
Hence peripateticism, the philosophy of Aristotle, as he was said to have taught in the walks of the Lyceum at Athens.
May 2008 2008
-
While I've passed many a merry hour in fair Iraq, my peripateticism there has been limited to its terrestrial surfaces.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
-
While I've passed many a merry hour in fair Iraq, my peripateticism there has been limited to its terrestrial surfaces.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.