peripateticism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science
    Aristotelianism.
    • Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought

WordNet

Per`i*pa*tet"i*cism noun
Etymology
Cf. F. péripatétisme.
Definitions
  1. The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2. Lond. Sat. Rev.

Webster 1913