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Webster 1913 Edition


Peripateticism

Perˊi-pa-tet′i-cism

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
péripatétisme
.]
The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See
Peripatetic
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Noun.
, 2.
Lond. Sat. Rev.

Webster 1828 Edition


Peripateticism

PERIPATET'ICISM

,
Noun.
The notions or philosophical system of Aristotle and his followers.

Definition 2024


peripateticism

peripateticism

English

Noun

peripateticism (usually uncountable, plural peripateticisms)

  1. The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics.
    • 1842, The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature
      [] it should be remembered that their poets and rabbis of the middle ages were contemporary with the Scotists and Thomists, with the pseudo-platonism and peripateticism of Christendom.