Becomes an intellectual virtue in Aristotle, as contrasted with *phronesis*, the intellectual virtue that makes the good life possible. The last stem of our word "philosophy." Used in a derogatory way in naming the Sophists, those pretending to be wise. **Sophia**。智慧。在亚里士多德的...
It’s also the word from which “diamond” evolved. Choose Adamantia for your little girl, and she may grow into a muscular, stubborn, determined adult. 2. Allegra Allegra is from the Latin “alauda,” which means “little sparrow.” Original meaning: a little sparrow. Meaning in modern-...
APORIA Difficulty, Perplexity, Want of Means (Latin, Egestas)ARAE (Arai) (plural) Curses, ImprecationsARETE Virtue, Excellence, Goodness, Manliness, Valour (Latin Virtus)ATE Delusion, Infatuation, Folly, Reckless Impulse, Rash Action (Latin Nefas, Error) ...
the power of the Holy Spirit, and the miraculous power evident in Jesus' ministry. It can also refer to moral power and excellence of soul, as well as the power inherent in a person or thing by virtue of its nature.
and to find in the national ritual the means of satisfying his religious aspirations. For proof of the existence of "the divine," he appealed to the providential arrangement of nature, to the universality of the belief, and to the revelations and warnings which are given to men through signs...
Arete means “excellence; virtue” and pronounced as aa-REH-T-. Aretha Aretha means “virtuous” and pronounced as ahRIY-THah-. Ariadne Ariadne means “most holy” and pronounced as A-REE-AD-NEH (Greek) or ar-ee-AD-nee (English). Ariadne is the name of the Cretan goddess of fertilit...
Observation and elegance do more for him than grasp or piercing insight; yet his work is often of very high excellence in its own kind. His treatment of simile is only a special phase of this general tendency. It is exemplified by the touches with which he elaborates the simile of the...
Now, the more strongly it is felt that knowledge is inseparable from virtue the more strange and doubtful appears such unconscious excellence as that of Laches, Charmides,or Lysis. Hence arises the further paradox of Socrates, - "Virtue is not taught, and that which is commonly regarded as ...
by looking at the concept of the Greek ideal of kalokagathia,which means the perfection of the body and city based on balance, justice and proportion... P Plaskocinska - 《Thesis》 被引量: 0发表: 2015年 Panharmonia and panchresia: J. A. Comenius' answer to the age-old question of...
eventually lose that status. Add to this the fact that being aviris by no means guaranteed (one does not begin life as avirand one does not end life as such) means that the foundation for roman gender roles was always placed precariously on a slippery slope at the bottom of which is the...