dianoetic

American  

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

adjective

1. pertaining to dianoia.

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dianoetic British  

/ ˌdaɪənəʊˈɛtɪk /

adjective

1. 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

Example Sentences

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

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.

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

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

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

According to the second definition, he calls dianoetic knowledge science; but according to the first alone, he assigns to physiology the appellation of science.

From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas