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Single Idea 11360
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 3. Greek-English Lexicon
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Full Idea
Psuche: mind, soul, life
Gist of Idea
Psuche: mind, soul, life
Source
PG (Db (lexicon) [c.1001 BCE], 75)
A Reaction
The interesting thing about this is that we have tended to translate it as 'soul', but Aristotle says plants have it, and not merely conscious beings. It is something like the 'form' of a living thing, but then 'form' is a misleading translation too.
The
77 ideas
with the same theme
[English versions of key Greek philosophical terms]:
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11301
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Aisthesis: perception, sensation, consciousness
[PG]
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11302
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Aitia / aition: cause, explanation
[PG]
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11303
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Akrasia: lack of control, weakness of will
[PG]
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11304
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Aletheia: truth
[PG]
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11305
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Anamnesis: recollection, remembrance
[PG]
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11306
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Ananke: necessity
[PG]
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11307
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Antikeimenon: object
[PG]
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11375
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Apatheia: unemotional
[PG]
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11308
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Apeiron: the unlimited, indefinite
[PG]
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11376
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Aphairesis: taking away, abstraction
[PG]
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11309
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Apodeixis: demonstration
[PG]
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11310
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Aporia: puzzle, question, anomaly
[PG]
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11311
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Arche: first principle, the basic
[PG]
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11312
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Arete: virtue, excellence
[PG]
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11313
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Chronismos: separation
[PG]
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11314
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Diairesis: division
[PG]
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11315
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Dialectic: dialectic, discussion
[PG]
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11316
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Dianoia: intellection [cf. Noesis]
[PG]
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11317
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Diaphora: difference
[PG]
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11318
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Dikaiosune: moral goodness, justice
[PG]
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11319
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Doxa: opinion, belief
[PG]
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11320
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Dunamis: faculty, potentiality, capacity
[PG]
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11321
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Eidos: form, idea
[PG]
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11322
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Elenchos: elenchus, interrogation
[PG]
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11323
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Empeiron: experience
[PG]
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11324
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Energeia: employment, actuality, power?
[PG]
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11325
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Enkrateia: control
[PG]
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11326
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Entelecheia: entelechy, having an end
[PG]
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11327
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Epagoge: induction, explanation
[PG]
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11328
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Episteme: knowledge, understanding
[PG]
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11329
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Epithumia: appetite
[PG]
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11330
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Ergon: function
[PG]
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11331
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Eristic: polemic, disputation
[PG]
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11333
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Eudaimonia: flourishing, happiness, fulfilment
[PG]
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11334
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Genos: type, genus
[PG]
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11335
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Hexis: state, habit
[PG]
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11336
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Horismos: definition
[PG]
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11338
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Hupokeimenon: subject, underlying thing [cf. Tode ti]
[PG]
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11339
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Kalos / kalon: beauty, fineness, nobility
[PG]
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11340
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Kath' hauto: in virtue of itself, essentially
[PG]
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11341
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Kinesis: movement, process
[PG]
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11342
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Kosmos: order, universe
[PG]
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11343
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Logos: reason, account, word
[PG]
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11344
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Meson: the mean
[PG]
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11345
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Metechein: partaking, sharing
[PG]
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11377
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Mimesis: imitation, fine art
[PG]
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11347
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Noesis: intellection, rational thought [cf. Dianoia]
[PG]
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11348
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Nomos: convention, law, custom
[PG]
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11349
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Nous: intuition, intellect, understanding
[PG]
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11350
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Orexis: desire
[PG]
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11351
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Ousia: substance, (primary) being, [see 'Prote ousia']
[PG]
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11352
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Pathos: emotion, affection, property
[PG]
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11353
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Phantasia: imagination
[PG]
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11354
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Philia: friendship
[PG]
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11355
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Philosophia: philosophy, love of wisdom
[PG]
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11356
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Phronesis: prudence, practical reason, common sense
[PG]
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11357
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Physis: nature
[PG]
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11358
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Praxis: action, activity
[PG]
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11359
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Prote ousia: primary being
[PG]
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11360
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Psuche: mind, soul, life
[PG]
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11361
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Sophia: wisdom
[PG]
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11362
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Sophrosune: moderation, self-control
[PG]
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11363
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Stoicheia: elements
[PG]
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11364
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Sullogismos: deduction, syllogism
[PG]
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11365
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Techne: skill, practical knowledge
[PG]
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11366
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Telos: purpose, end
[PG]
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11367
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Theoria: contemplation
[PG]
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11369
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Ti esti: what-something-is, essence
[PG]
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11370
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Timoria: vengeance, punishment
[PG]
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11371
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To ti en einai: essence, what-it-is-to-be
[PG]
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11372
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To ti estin: essence
[PG]
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11373
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Tode ti: this-such, subject of predication [cf. hupokeimenon]
[PG]
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