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Peripatetic school — The Peripatetics were members of a school of philosophy in ancient Greece. Their teachings derived from their founder, the Greek philosopher Aristotle and Peripatetic ( #x03b9; #x03b9; #x03ba; #x1f79; #x03c2;) is a name given to his followers.As… … Wikipedia
Peripatetic school (The) — The Peripatetic school1 Robert W.Sharples THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL AND OF ARISTOTLE’S WRITINGS The history of Peripatetic philosophy after Aristotle falls into two phases, divided by the renewal of interest in the works we now possess after… … History of philosophy
Peripatetic — Per i*pa*tet ic, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to walk about; ? about + ? to walk: cf. F. p[ e]ripat[ e]tique.] 1. Walking about; itinerant. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Peripatetic axiom — The Peripatetic axiom is: Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses (Latin: Nihil est in intellectu quod non prius in sensu ). It is found in De veritate, q. 2 a. 3 arg. 19 . [cite book|last=Aquinas|first=Thomas… … Wikipedia
peripatetic — [ˌpɛrɪpə tɛtɪk] adjective 1》 travelling from place to place. ↘working or based in a succession of places each for a short period. ↘(of a teacher) working in more than one school or college. 2》 (Peripatetic) Aristotelian. [with ref. to… … English new terms dictionary
peripatetic — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a teacher) working in more than one school or college etc. 2 going from place to place; itinerant. 3 (Peripatetic) Aristotelian (from Aristotle s habit of walking in the Lyceum whilst teaching). n. a peripatetic person, esp.… … Useful english dictionary
Peripatetic — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a teacher) working in more than one school or college etc. 2 going from place to place; itinerant. 3 (Peripatetic) Aristotelian (from Aristotle s habit of walking in the Lyceum whilst teaching). n. a peripatetic person, esp.… … Useful english dictionary
School of Names — Logicians redirects here. For people who study logic, see Logic. The Logicians or School of Names (名家; Míng jiā; ming = names ; also sometimes called Hsing Ming Chia, the school of forms and names[1]) was a Chinese philosophical school that grew… … Wikipedia
peripatetic — [16] Peripatetic means literally ‘walking round’. It comes via Old French peripatetique and Latin peripatēticus from Greek peripatētikós. This was a derivative of peripatein, a compound verb formed from the prefix perí ‘round’ and patein ‘walk’.… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
peripatetic — [16] Peripatetic means literally ‘walking round’. It comes via Old French peripatetique and Latin peripatēticus from Greek peripatētikós. This was a derivative of peripatein, a compound verb formed from the prefix perí ‘round’ and patein ‘walk’.… … Word origins
