The Peripatetic school was the philosophical school founded by Aristotle in Athens after he returned to the city in the middle of the 4th century BCE. It met in the Lyceum, a gymnasium dedicated to Apollo, and its name probably comes from the covered walkway, the peripatos, or from Aristotle's habit of walking while he taught. Its members studied logic, natural science, ethics, politics and history on a large scale and collected data systematically. After Aristotle's death, his pupil Theophrastus led the school, followed by Strato of Lampsacus and others. The school lost influence in later centuries, but Aristotle's writings were preserved and became a foundation of medieval philosophy.
Before and after
- 342 BCEBirth of Epicurus
- from 341 BCE to 338 BCESecond Latin War
- from 336 BCE to 323 BCEWars of Alexander the Great
- from 335 BCE to 86 BCEConstruction of Lyceum
- 335 BCERise of peripatetic school
- 335 BCEAlexander the Great crosses into Asia
- from January 332 BCE to July 332 BCESiege of Tyre
- 20 January 330 BCEBattle of the Persian Gate on the Mountain
- 329 BCEConstruction of Panathenaic Stadium
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- 27 February 380 CEChristianity becomes the state religion of Rome
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