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Adam
The first human, he who was shaped by the hand of God and formed in the image and likeness of the Creator and Founder; he was also deemed worthy of a dwelling in Paradise. …
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Ἀδιαφορία
indifference
[Meaning] negligence without close observation. "Indifference means two things. One is that which contributes neither to happiness nor to misery, as is the case with wealth, reputation, health, strength and suchlike; for it is …
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Ἀέτιος
Aetios, Aetius
From Antioch in Syria, the teacher of Eunomios, he happened [to be] of poor and lower-class parentage. His father was one of those in the army who were faring rather poorly; when he had …
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Ἀπόδειξις
demonstration
Demonstration differs from definition. First, we have to investigate definition, whether it is either one method in virtue of which the definitions of all existing things can be offered, or many. And if [it …
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Ἀπολλώνιος
Apollonios, Apollonius
Of Tyana, philosopher, son of Apollonios and a mother from that town, members of the gentry. With him in her womb, his mother saw a genius standing near saying that he himself was the …
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Ἀρετή
arete, excellence, virtue
[Arete is] a harmonious disposition and it is choice-worthy in itself, not because of any fear, hope, or any external thing. And happiness lies in virtue, too, since it is a state of mind …
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Ἀρχή
principle
[Meaning something that is] efficient; formal; final. Aristotle says that the soul is like a principle of animals, inasmuch as [it is] efficient, formal, and final; for these are the principles in the strict …
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Ἀσκληπιόδοτος
Asklepiodotos, Asclepiodotus
This man from earliest childhood was agreed to be the keenest and most learned of his age-mates, to the extent that he did not stop busying himself with each of the things which he …
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Ἀττικός
Attikos, Atticus
Bishop of Constantinople after Arsacius, the one who presided by proxy of [John] Chrysostom; his descent was from Sebasteia of [= in] Armenia, and from youth he was taught to philosophize by a monk …
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Αἰδεσία
Aidesia, Aedesia
Wife of Hermeias. She was related by birth to the great Syrianos, and was the fairest and finest of all the women in Alexandria. In her character she was similar to her husband: simple, …
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Αἰσθήσεις
5 senses
Sight [is] clearer than hearing, and [hearing clearer] than smelling, and smelling [clearer] than taste and touch. However, touch does not seem to be a sense, for each of the other senses operates as …
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Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεωπαγίτης
Dionysios the Areiopagite, Dionysius the Areopagite
Bishop of Athens, a most illustrious man, who reached the highest level in Greek culture. A disciple of Paul, who introduced him to the Christian faith, Dionysius was enthroned by him as the bishop …
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Δομετιανός
Domitian, Domitianus, Dometianos
Emperor of [the] Romans, brother of Titus, whose successor he became. He emulated not his father's or his brother's habit of good government, but, on the contrary, the appetite for iniquity of Tiberius and …
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Δομνῖνος
Domninos, Domninus
A philosopher, Syrian by descent, from both Laodicea and Larissa, a city of Syria; a pupil of Syrianus and the schoolmate of Proclus, according to Damascius. He was a capable man in mathematics, but …
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Δύναμις
capability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power
Suppose someone should represent the ability of one of the persons to be avoided, as if in defining a thief or a sophist or a slanderer he would say that the slanderer is someone …
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