peripatetic+philosophy

  • 11Philosophy of the Garden — Philosophy Phi*los o*phy (f[i^]*l[o^]s [ o]*f[y^]), n.; pl. {Philosophies} (f[i^]*l[o^]s [ o]*f[i^]z). [OE. philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. filosofi a. See {Philosopher}.] 1. Literally, the love of, inducing the search after …

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  • 12Philosophy of the Lyceum — Philosophy Phi*los o*phy (f[i^]*l[o^]s [ o]*f[y^]), n.; pl. {Philosophies} (f[i^]*l[o^]s [ o]*f[i^]z). [OE. philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. filosofi a. See {Philosopher}.] 1. Literally, the love of, inducing the search after …

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  • 13Philosophy of the Porch — Philosophy Phi*los o*phy (f[i^]*l[o^]s [ o]*f[y^]), n.; pl. {Philosophies} (f[i^]*l[o^]s [ o]*f[i^]z). [OE. philosophie, F. philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. filosofi a. See {Philosopher}.] 1. Literally, the love of, inducing the search after …

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  • 14Peripatetic — 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… …

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  • 15peripatetic — c.1400 (n.), disciple of Aristotle, from O.Fr. perypatetique (14c.), from L. peripateticus pertaining to the disciples or philosophy of Aristotle, from Gk. peripatetikos given to walking about (especially while teaching), from peripatein, from… …

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  • 16peripatetic — [per΄i pə tet′ik] adj. [Fr péripatétique < L peripateticus < Gr peripatētikos < peripatein, to walk about < peri , around + patein, to walk < IE base * pent , to step, go > FIND] 1. [P ] of the philosophy or the followers of… …

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  • 17Peripatetic school — The school founded by Aristotle in Athens in 335 BC, supposedly named after the peripatos or covered walk in the garden of the Lyceum, where he lectured. Apart from Aristotle its important members were Theophrastus, Eudemus of Rhodes, and Strato… …

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  • 18Peripatetic 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… …

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  • 19Peripatetic 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… …

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  • 20Philosophy — For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation) …

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