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ε2341ἘπιθυμίαappetiteAppetite is an irrational desire, and the following things are ranged under it: need, hatred, contentiousness, anger, passion, wrath, rage. Need is an unsuccessful appetite as if separated from its object but intent upon …highmedium
ε2342Ἐπιθυμία σώματοςbody's appetite, body's desireSearch under [the entry] "possessing the power of judgment".highshort
ε2404ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, Epikouros[Epicurus,] son of Neocles; an Athenian, of the deme Gargettus. His mother was Chairestrate, and his brothers were Neocles, Chairedemus, Aristobulus or Aristodemus. He began to philosophize when he was 12 years old and …

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Appetite is an irrational desire, and the following things are ranged under it: need, hatred, contentiousness, anger, passion, wrath, rage. Need is an unsuccessful appetite as if separated from its object but intent…

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ε2406ἘπίκουροςEpicurus, EpikourosA proper name. The book, then, contained the doctrines of Epicurus that those people call "principal," making known the bad [ideas] of Epicurus. In these [doctrines], then, the following was said: that even this …highmedium

ε2527Ἐπιπόλαιαsuperficial things, superficialities[Meaning] things which appear plausible but are actually not plausible, instead having an entirely superficial appearance [of being so]. A superficiality is something [that can be] refuted by a little attention. Such is the …highmedium

ε2625Ἐπιστήμηknowledge, science, understanding[Knowledge] and sense-perception, while belonging to different kinds, are not too far apart; they differ from each other in genus. For conceptualization is the genus of knowledge, but sense-perception is not conceptualization. However, they …highmedium

ε2626Ἐπιστήμηscience, understandingGeometry is a science of something that can be known or assumed. For also the things of which geometry is a science are things which can be known and assumed. Egyptians invented this science, …highshort

ε2627Ἐπιστήμηscience, understandingIn the Analytics Aristotle says that one science is judged to be more accurate than another in two ways. First, when one science demonstrates the principles of another one. For example, physiology is more …highmedium

ε2641Ἐπιστρέφειαacuteness, strictness[Meaning] tight-wittedness.highshort

ε2642Ἐπιστρεφήςacute, incisive"Mentally keen and acute, he nevertheless displayed a certain credulousness."highshort

ε2695Ἐπιτίμησιςcriticism, objectionIn Aristotle there are 5 [sc. kinds of 'criticism']. For he says that the same criticisms [are] not [applied] to an argument when it is being examined and when it is being propounded. The …highmedium

ε2770Ἐπιχειρεῖνto argue, to prove, to attackThe [verb that means] to enquire and to argue deductively. For a [sc. dialectical] proof [is] a dialectical deductive-argument.highshort

ε2859Ἐπρέσβευενused to put first in rank[Meaning he/she/it] used to honor [sc. most]. "Socrates used to put moral philosophy first in rank."highshort

ε3071Ἔρωςlove, erotic desire[Meaning] the first and supreme element of the enquiry that looks deeply into things that exist, together with love of labor and readiness of mind. Love is a very powerful hunter of all beautiful …highmedium

ε3074Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξοςprobable question[Reputable question,] dialectical premise. Now not every premise [is] a question but the dialectical [premise sc. is]. Not every question [is] a dialectical premise, for there are many kinds of question. For those who …highmedium

ε3253Ἐσχατιάνextremity, farthest part[Meaning an] ultimate place of earth/land. Or those regions which have pasturages, as Aristotle also says in [book] 8 of Politics. [Note] that the [nouns] meaning collection and property are all oxytone: a)xurmia/ ['chaff'], …highmedium

ε3397Εὐγνωμοσύνηconsiderateness[Meaning] goodwill, sincerity.highshort

ε3401Εὐδαῖμονhappy"And to a man growing old, old age [is something] both happy and blessed". Also [sc. attested is the masculine superlative] eudaimonestatos ["happiest/very happy"], [meaning] fortunate, richest, most blessed. But happiness is a smooth …highshort

ε3402Εὐδαιμονέστερος τῶν Καρκίνου στροβίλωνhappier than the pirouettes of KarkinosMeaning most unhappy. [Said] in irony. 'Pirouettes' is what Aristophanes is calling the sons of the poet Karkinos, whom he has previously called 'quails' and 'long-shaped wallet-necks' because of their bodily sharpness. Alternatively, joking …highmedium

ε3403Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness[Meaning] good fortune, success.highshort

ε3404Εὐδαιμονίαhappiness['Happiness'] and 'happy'. Some of the contraries do not have intermediates; for example, for man illness or health, white and black; but happy and unhappy do have intermediates. For if someone is happy, he …highmedium

ε3406Εὐδαίμωνhappy[Meaning] one who is rich, one who is virtuous. "[It is] completely necessary that good people should be better off in Hades, and that bad people should be worse off. I think that even …highshort

ε3413Εὖ διάγεινlive wellEpicurus headed [his letters] thus: 'live well'; but Cleon [preferred] 'greetings' and Plato 'do/fare well'.highshort

ε3437Εὐεξίαvigor[Meaning] strength of the body. Vigor is extended health. Health's acme [is] vigor. "One would discover in a short time that [the thesis that] 'the greater evil is contrary to the greater good' is …highmedium

ε3446Εὐεστώwell-beingDemocritus of Abdera says that cheerfulness is the end, and that it is not the same as pleasure, as some have wrongly taken it to be. Rather, [it is a condition] in virtue of …highshort

ε3551Εὐλάβειαwatchfulness, cautionIn Sophocles [it means] reflection and investigation. "For in learning there is watchfulness of what is being done". For he is not speaking here of fear.highshort

ε3552Εὐλάβειαwatchfulness, caution[Meaning] purity, and fear. But Eulabia [sc. without the diphthong is] a proper name.highshort

ε3633Εὐπάθειαgood affective state[Meaning] a relaxation and loosening of the soul, and a softness [sc. of it]. A good affective state is divided into joy, caution, wish. Joy is opposite to pain and pleasure, being a reasonable …highmedium

ε3663Εὐπραξίαsuccess, doing well[Meaning] prosperity, good fortune. "Ozias was destroyed by success and was inclined to his father’s sins, to which the splendor of goods and the magnitude of actions also led him, for he was unable …highshort

ε3664Εὖ πράττεινdo well, fare wellThe heading of the Letters of Plato [is] thus. He wrote 13 Letters. They are of the moral kind. 'Live well': Epicurus headed [his Letters] thus; but Cleon headed [his with] 'greetings'.highshort

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