Literary notes about Peripatetic (AI summary)
The term “peripatetic” is used with great versatility in literature, often conveying a sense of wandering or itinerancy that spans both literal movement and metaphorical restlessness. In some contexts it describes individuals who lead mobile lives—ranging from a traveling army brat to itinerant vendors and even a peripatetic storehouse of anecdotes ([1], [2], [3])—while in others it is closely tied to the legacy of Aristotelian thought and scholarly itinerancy, as seen in references to the Peripatetic school and its philosophers ([4], [5], [6], [7]). This multifaceted usage enriches narrative textures, blending vibrant character portrayals with historical and intellectual traditions.
- That was when she refreshed my recollections of her early life, the peripatetic half-breed army brat.
— from The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover - There was no hotel, so I had to depend upon sutlers, or peripatetic venders of pies.
— from Stories and Sketches by our best authors by Various - He passed for a peripatetic storehouse of anecdotes, specially crammed with old and worn-out officers’ stories.
— from The Duel by A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin - The Peripatetic sage does not exempt himself totally from perturbations of mind, but he moderates them.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne - From these walks the name of Peripatetic was given to the School which he subsequently established.
— from The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Marcus Tullius Cicero - From the fact that his instruction was given in the peripatos or covered portico of the gymnasium the school has derived its name of Peripatetic.
— from Aristotle by A. E. (Alfred Edward) Taylor - This is the opinion of the Platonists and Aristotelians; for Aristotle was Plato's disciple, and the founder of the Peripatetic school.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine
