Glossary
We trust the reader to find compound words and negations by looking under
the main root. For example, the explanation for the term 'ungraspable' is found
by reading the entry on 'grasp'.
abolish (anairein): to show by argument that something is untrue or non-
existent; the use of the word does not necessarily indicate that the author regards
the argument as successful; also, undermine, deny.
accident (sumbebekos): Accidents can include permanent attributes of a thing;
the technical meaning of the term is very broad.
added opinion (prosdoxazomenon): in Epicureanism, the opinion about some-
thing which people regularly add to the bare facts as they are observed by
the senses.
administered (dioikeisthai): ordered and guided by a rational power.
ailment (arrostema): in Stoicism, a sickness in the soul, a moral and intellectual
weakness founded on error.
alive, animate (empsuchos): Etymologically the term means 'having a soul
within', 'ensouled'.
alteration (alloiosis, heteroiosis): used particularly for qualitative change.
application (epibole): in Epicureanism, the attention by the mind to perceptual
or non-perceptual images; it is the basis of perception, thought and mental
concentration. Hence, the term is sometimes used to refer to a view or consider-
ation of something. Application to presentations (phantastike epibole) is the atten-
tion of the intellect to presentations received through the senses.
approach (agoge): 'Approach' is a term used by Pyrrhonian sceptics to indicate
their method and technique; it is meant to indicate that the Pyrrhonian sceptic's
stance is one which involves no commitments or beliefs. In other contexts the
term agoge simply indicates a philosophical school, which is also a meaning of
the word hairesis.
appropriate (acts) (kathekonta): in Stoicism, actions which are reasonable for
an agent to perform in view of his nature and the circumstances. An appropriate
action can be performed by anyone, but only a wise man can perform a [morally]
perfect action, which is a form of appropriate action.
assent (sunkatathesis): agreeing or committing oneself to the truth of a propo-
sition.
atom, atomic (atomos): literally means 'uncuttable'.
avoid (ekklinein): In Stoicism, avoidance refers to something which is rejected
or contrary to nature.
bad (kakon): in Stoicism, morally bad.
base (phaulos): in Stoicism, the standard term for foolish and therefore non-
virtuous people.
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