Peripateticism

Peripateticism
Peripateticism Per`i*pa*tet"i*cism, n. [Cf. F. p['e]ripat['e]tisme.] The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See {Peripatetic}, n., 2. --Lond. Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster]

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