Foundations of Ancient Greek Philosophy

Core Ancient Greek terms for ethics, knowledge, nature, politics, and metaphysics. Forms use polytonic Greek and target Ancient Greek lexemes, not modern transliterations.

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			Sense and definition
ἀρετή	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 1 of 11 goodness, excellence
εὐδαιμονία	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 2 of 3 true, full happiness
λόγος	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 64 senses, so no one of them is it.
ψυχή	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 4 of 17 soul
φύσις	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 22 senses, so no one of them is it.
νόμος	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 11 senses, so no one of them is it.
ἔθος	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 1 of 1 custom, habit
σοφία	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 3 of 5 learning, wisdom
φρόνησις	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 6 of 7 practical wisdom, prudence in government and affairs
ἐπιστήμη	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 3 of 4 knowledge
τέχνη	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 8 senses, so no one of them is it.
δόξα	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 2 of 9 notion, opinion, judgement
ἀλήθεια	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 2 of 9 truth
γένεσις	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 4 of 11 production, generation, coming into being
κίνησις	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 9 senses, so no one of them is it.
τέλος	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 30 senses, so no one of them is it.
αἰτία	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 5 of 8 cause
ὕλη	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 4 of 10 matter
μορφή	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 1 of 3 form, shape
εἶδος	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 10 senses, so no one of them is it.
δύναμις	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 26 senses, so no one of them is it.
ἐνέργεια	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 7 senses, so no one of them is it.
πάθος	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 13 senses, so no one of them is it.
ἡδονή	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 1 of 4 enjoyment, pleasure
δικαιοσύνη	Ancient Greek	NOUN	Sense 1 of 6 righteousness, justice
πολιτεία	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 8 senses, so no one of them is it.
ἀπορία	Ancient Greek	NOUN	No sense selected No definition is shown: the meaning this list is about spans several of this word’s 8 senses, so no one of them is it.