dianoetic
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Etymology
Origin of dianoetic
1670–80; < Greek dianoētik ( ós ), equivalent to diáno ( ia ) dianoia + -ē- thematic vowel + -tikos -tic
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The dianoetic virtues are the higher, because in them man's special function alone is in operation, and also because the thinking man most resembles God, whose life is a life of pure thought.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
By this ascent, therefore Plato signifies the contemplation of dianoetic objects in the mathematical disciplines.
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas
Hence, slays Proclus, it folds itself about the indivisibility of true intellect, conforms itself to all formless species, and becomes perfectly every thing, from which the dianoetic power and our indivisible reason consists.
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas
Aristotle says little in detail of the dianoetic virtues.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
Whence is it then that the dianoetic power concludes thus confidently that the Proposition is true of all triangles?
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas
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