peripatetic
walking or traveling about; itinerant.
(initial capital letter) of or relating to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
(initial capital letter) of or relating to the Aristotelian school of philosophy.
a person who walks or travels about.
(initial capital letter) a member of the Aristotelian school.
Origin of peripatetic
1Other words for peripatetic
Other words from peripatetic
- per·i·pa·tet·i·cal·ly, adverb
- per·i·pa·tet·i·cism [per-uh-puh-tet-uh-siz-uhm], /ˌpɛr ə pəˈtɛt əˌsɪz əm/, noun
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How to use peripatetic in a sentence
But there are some (Aristotelians or Peripatetics) who might think that the intelligible Man and the sense-man form but one.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)Its entrance interested him, and he followed all its peripatetics with as much attention as if he were concerned in it.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio ValdsHe has written the life of a great peripatetic philosopher and chronicled only the peripatetics.
Reviews | Oscar WildeAccording to the former one the Peripatetics had no accurate acquaintance with Nature, and according to the second, Erasistratus.
On the Natural Faculties | GalenIt is found in the theories of Speusippus, Xenocrates, and also to some extent in those of the Peripatetics.
British Dictionary definitions for peripatetic (1 of 2)
/ (ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk) /
itinerant
British employed in two or more educational establishments and travelling from one to another: a peripatetic football coach
a peripatetic person
Origin of peripatetic
1Derived forms of peripatetic
- peripatetically, adverb
British Dictionary definitions for Peripatetic (2 of 2)
/ (ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk) /
of or relating to the teachings of Aristotle, who used to teach philosophy while walking about the Lyceum in ancient Athens
a student of Aristotelianism
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