dianoetic

[ dahy-uh-noh-et-ik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to dianoia.

dianoetic

/ ˌdaɪənəʊˈɛtɪk /

adjective

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

Other Words From

• dia·no·eti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dianoetic¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dianoetic¹

C17: from Greek dianoētikos, from dianoia the thinking process, an opinion, from dia- + noein to think

Example Sentences

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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