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<p> was the name of a sect of philosophers at [[Athens]] who were the disciples of Aristotle. It is doubtful whether they received this name from the place where they were taught, called Peripaton, in the Lyceum, or because they received the philosopher's lectures as they walked ( | Peripatetics <ref name="term_55249" /> | ||
==References == | <p> was the name of a sect of philosophers at [[Athens]] who were the disciples of Aristotle. It is doubtful whether they received this name from the place where they were taught, called Peripaton, in the Lyceum, or because they received the philosopher's lectures as they walked ( '''''Περιπατοῦντες''''' ) ''.'' The [[Peripatetics]] acknowledged the dignity of human nature, and placed their ''Summum Bonum'' not in the pleasures of passive sensation, but in the due exercise of the moral and intellectual faculties. The habit of this exercise, when guided by reason, constituted the highest excellence of man. The philosopher contended that our own happiness chiefly depends upon ourselves; and while he did not require in his followers that self-command to which others pretended, lie allowed a moderate degree of perturbation as becoming human nature; and he considered a certain sensibility of passion quite necessary, as by resentment we are enabled to repel injuries, and the smart which past calamities have inflicted renders us careful to avoid the repetition. See [[Philo]] Judaeus, Opera, 4:423 sq.; Lewes, Hist. of Philos. vol. ii; Ueberweg, Hist. of Philos. 1:180 sq.; Grote, Life of Aristotle. (See [[Aristotle]]). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_55249"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/peripatetics Peripatetics from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_55249"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/peripatetics Peripatetics from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:35, 15 October 2021
Peripatetics [1]
was the name of a sect of philosophers at Athens who were the disciples of Aristotle. It is doubtful whether they received this name from the place where they were taught, called Peripaton, in the Lyceum, or because they received the philosopher's lectures as they walked ( Περιπατοῦντες ) . The Peripatetics acknowledged the dignity of human nature, and placed their Summum Bonum not in the pleasures of passive sensation, but in the due exercise of the moral and intellectual faculties. The habit of this exercise, when guided by reason, constituted the highest excellence of man. The philosopher contended that our own happiness chiefly depends upon ourselves; and while he did not require in his followers that self-command to which others pretended, lie allowed a moderate degree of perturbation as becoming human nature; and he considered a certain sensibility of passion quite necessary, as by resentment we are enabled to repel injuries, and the smart which past calamities have inflicted renders us careful to avoid the repetition. See Philo Judaeus, Opera, 4:423 sq.; Lewes, Hist. of Philos. vol. ii; Ueberweg, Hist. of Philos. 1:180 sq.; Grote, Life of Aristotle. (See Aristotle).
