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Wiktionary
- n. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of Aristotle, or to his followers.
Etymologies
- From Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος (peripatos, "strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking"), from περιπατέω (peripateō, "I walk around"), from περί (peri, "around") + πατέω (pateō, "I walk"). Aristotle’s school was sometimes called the περιπατητικοί "those who are prone to walking" or οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου "those from the walk" in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the περίπατοι (peripatoi, "walkways") of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated. (Wiktionary)
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“Stoic; and having spent a considerable time with him, when I had not acquired any further knowledge of God (for he did not know himself, and said such instruction was unnecessary), I left him and betook myself to another, who was called a Peripatetic, and as he fancied, shrewd.”
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
“A barbarous philofophy, called the Peripatetic, prevailed after this for a long period.”
“I surrendered myself to a certain Stoic, and, having spent a considerable time with him, when I had not acquired any further knowledge of God -- for he did not know it himself, and said such instruction was unnecessary -- I left him and betook myself to another, who was called a Peripatetic, and, as he fancied, shrewd.”
“Peripatetic' is probably a word you'd use about him.”
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“Professor Dingleberry and the Peripatetic Coxcomb Abode (June 22 — 3,500 words) 102.”
“In 2010, he published a memoir, "Recollections of a Peripatetic Pedagogue.”
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“Peripatetic, because the source of LP's music was dynamic, shifting from percussion to keyboards to the trading lead rapid-fire vocals of rapping Mike Shinoda to Chester Bennington whose signature is a primal full-voiced "scream.”
“One can only imagine Aristotle meandering about his patio lecturing to his Peripatetic pupils with "uh's" and "um's" and "hmm's" and "kinda's" and how that babbling affected the history of philosophical thought for the next couple thousand years.”
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