dianoetic
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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)
But the aim is after all the life of the intellect, and the "dianoetic" virtues are superior to the practical.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
Happiness, therefore, consists in the combination of dianoetic and ethical 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
The three heads signify the intellective, dianoetic, and doxatic powers.
From The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites by Wright, Dudley
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