PERIPATETIC, Adj. Walking About. Relating To The Philosophy Of
Aristotle, Who, While Expounding It, Moved From Place To Place In
Order To Avoid His Pupil's Objections.
PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of
Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in
order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution -- they
knew no more of the matter than he.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
