dianoetic

American

[dahy-uh-noh-et-ik] / ˌdaɪ ə noʊˈɛt ɪk /

adjective

pertaining to dianoia.

dianoetic British

/ ˌdaɪənəʊˈɛtɪk /

adjective

of or relating to thought, esp to discursive reasoning rather than intuition Compare discursive

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Other Word Forms

dianoetically adverb

Etymology

Origin of dianoetic

1670–80; < Greek dianoētik ( ós ), equivalent to diáno ( ia ) dianoia + -ē- thematic vowel + -tikos -tic

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Happiness, therefore, consists in the combination of dianoetic and ethical virtues.

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But the aim is after all the life of the intellect, and the "dianoetic" virtues are superior to the practical.

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But dianoetic forms or ideas imitate the intellectual, which have a prior subsistence, render the order of soul similar to the intellectual order, and comprehend all things in a secondary degree.

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These intellectual virtues are called by Aristotle dianoetic.

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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.

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