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  • 24Philosophy of film — The philosophy of film is a branch of aesthetics within the discipline of philosophy that seeks to understand the most basic questions regarding film. History Philosophy portal …

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  • 25peripatetic — [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’.… …

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  • 26peripatetic — [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’.… …

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  • 27peripatetic — peripatetically, adv. peripateticism /per euh peuh tet euh siz euhm/, n. /per euh peuh tet ik/, adj. 1. walking or traveling about; itinerant. 2. (cap.) of or pertaining to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient… …

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  • 28peripatetic — per•i•pa•tet•ic [[t]ˌpɛr ə pəˈtɛt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) walking or traveling about; itinerant 2) pho (cap.) of or pertaining to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum 3) pho (cap.) of or pertaining to the Aristotelian school of… …

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  • 29Peripatetic — 1. noun A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. 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… …

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  • 30peripatetic — 1. adjective /ˌpɛr.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk,ˌpɛr.ə.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/ a) tending to walk about b) constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic. 2. noun /ˌpɛr.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk,ˌpɛr.ə.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/ a) One who walks about; a pedestrian; …

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