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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 3. Greek-English Lexicon
11300 Agathon: good [PG]
11301 Aisthesis: perception, sensation, consciousness [PG]
11302 Aitia / aition: cause, explanation [PG]
11303 Akrasia: lack of control, weakness of will [PG]
11304 Aletheia: truth [PG]
11305 Anamnesis: recollection, remembrance [PG]
11306 Ananke: necessity [PG]
11307 Antikeimenon: object [PG]
11375 Apatheia: unemotional [PG]
11308 Apeiron: the unlimited, indefinite [PG]
11376 Aphairesis: taking away, abstraction [PG]
11309 Apodeixis: demonstration [PG]
11310 Aporia: puzzle, question, anomaly [PG]
11311 Arche: first principle, the basic [PG]
11312 Arete: virtue, excellence [PG]
11313 Chronismos: separation [PG]
11314 Diairesis: division [PG]
11315 Dialectic: dialectic, discussion [PG]
11316 Dianoia: intellection [cf. Noesis] [PG]
11317 Diaphora: difference [PG]
11318 Dikaiosune: moral goodness, justice [PG]
11319 Doxa: opinion, belief [PG]
11320 Dunamis: faculty, potentiality, capacity [PG]
11321 Eidos: form, idea [PG]
11322 Elenchos: elenchus, interrogation [PG]
11323 Empeiron: experience [PG]
11324 Energeia: employment, actuality, power? [PG]
11325 Enkrateia: control [PG]
11326 Entelecheia: entelechy, having an end [PG]
11327 Epagoge: induction, explanation [PG]
11328 Episteme: knowledge, understanding [PG]
11329 Epithumia: appetite [PG]
11330 Ergon: function [PG]
11331 Eristic: polemic, disputation [PG]
11332 Eros: love [PG]
11333 Eudaimonia: flourishing, happiness, fulfilment [PG]
11334 Genos: type, genus [PG]
11335 Hexis: state, habit [PG]
11336 Horismos: definition [PG]
11337 Hule: matter [PG]
11338 Hupokeimenon: subject, underlying thing [cf. Tode ti] [PG]
11339 Kalos / kalon: beauty, fineness, nobility [PG]
11340 Kath' hauto: in virtue of itself, essentially [PG]
11341 Kinesis: movement, process [PG]
11342 Kosmos: order, universe [PG]
11343 Logos: reason, account, word [PG]
11344 Meson: the mean [PG]
11345 Metechein: partaking, sharing [PG]
11377 Mimesis: imitation, fine art [PG]
11346 Morphe: form [PG]
11347 Noesis: intellection, rational thought [cf. Dianoia] [PG]
11348 Nomos: convention, law, custom [PG]
11349 Nous: intuition, intellect, understanding [PG]
11350 Orexis: desire [PG]
11351 Ousia: substance, (primary) being, [see 'Prote ousia'] [PG]
11352 Pathos: emotion, affection, property [PG]
11353 Phantasia: imagination [PG]
11354 Philia: friendship [PG]
11355 Philosophia: philosophy, love of wisdom [PG]
11356 Phronesis: prudence, practical reason, common sense [PG]
11357 Physis: nature [PG]
11358 Praxis: action, activity [PG]
11359 Prote ousia: primary being [PG]
11360 Psuche: mind, soul, life [PG]
11361 Sophia: wisdom [PG]
11362 Sophrosune: moderation, self-control [PG]
11363 Stoicheia: elements [PG]
11364 Sullogismos: deduction, syllogism [PG]
11365 Techne: skill, practical knowledge [PG]
11366 Telos: purpose, end [PG]
11367 Theoria: contemplation [PG]
11368 Theos: god [PG]
11369 Ti esti: what-something-is, essence [PG]
11370 Timoria: vengeance, punishment [PG]
11371 To ti en einai: essence, what-it-is-to-be [PG]
11372 To ti estin: essence [PG]
11373 Tode ti: this-such, subject of predication [cf. hupokeimenon] [PG]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
12066 Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories [Witt]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
12067 An Aristotelian essence is a nonlinguistic correlate of the definition [Witt]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
12082 If unity is a matter of degree, then essence may also be a matter of degree [Witt]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
12089 Essences mainly explain the existence of unified substance [Witt]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential
12102 Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence [Witt]
16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 3. Reference of 'I'
22419 'I' is a subject in 'I am in pain' and an object in 'I am bleeding' [Wittgenstein, by McGinn]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
6318 The doctrine of indeterminacy of translation seems implied by the later Wittgenstein [Wittgenstein, by Quine]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
12085 Reality is directional [Witt]