Peripatetic

peripatetic English + school Alternative forms en Peripatetick obsolete en peripatetic Etymology From en la peripatēticus, from en grc περίπατος strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking, from grc περιπατέω to walk around, from grc περί around + grc πατέω to walk. Aristotle’s school was sometimes called the grc περιπατητικοί "those who are prone to walking" or grc οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου those from the walk in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the grc περίπατοι walkways of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated. Pronunciation en en-us-peripatetic.ogg US en ɛtɪk 5 Noun en historical A disciple of Aristotle. en Aristotelian 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, p. A5(r): And though it be True indeed, that some Aristotelians have occasionally written against the Chymical Doctrine he Oppugnes, yet since they have done it according to their Principles, And since our Carneades must as well oppose their Hypothesis as that of the Spagyrist, he was fain to fight his Adverfaries with their own Weapons, Those of the Peripatetick being Improper, if not hurtfull for a Person of his Tenents ; besides that those Aristotelians, (at Least, those he met with,) that have written against the Chymists, seem to have had so little Experimental Knowledge in Chymical Matters, that by their frequent Mistakes and unskilfull way of Oppugning, they have too often expos'd Themselves to the Derision of their Adversaries, for writing so Confidently against what they appear so little to understand. Adjective - Of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of Aristotle, or to his followers. en Aristotelian Translations of or pertaining to the philosophy of Aristotle Greek: Ancient Greek: grc περίπατος, grc περιπατητικός Polish: pl perypatetyczny Spanish: es peripatético Swedish: sv peripatetisk Anagrams en aceeiipprtt precipitate