peripateticism

peripateticism

(ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪsɪzəm) n1. (Philosophy) philosophy the philosophical system of the Peripatetics; Aristotelianism2. jocular the activity of moving about from place to place (usually on foot); the act of being peripatetic

Peripateticism

1. the philosophy of Aristotle, who taught while walking.
2. the followers of Aristotle and his school of philosophy. — Peripatetic, n., adj.See also: Philosophy

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peripateticism - (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science; "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought"Aristotelianismphilosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethicsphilosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy