Terms

Epistemology

The branch of philosophy that studies knowledge, essentially asking "how do we know what we know?". Studies the nature, origin, scope, and limits of human knowledge

Ethics

The branch of philosophy that studies moral principles, investigating what is right, wrong, good, and bad in human conduct

Mythos

Myth/Story: The cultural stories of the Greeks. No connotation of exaggeration

Philosophia

Philosophy: Someone who loves wisdom, wisdom’s lover

Sophia

Wisdom; skill; cleverness

Idea

Form; shape; “look” of something (“look” of justice, etc)

Techne

Skill/craft knowledge; expertise in specific field

Polis

City-state

Psyche

Soul; mind; counsciousness

Eudaimonia

Happiness; to live well, have the good life (not exactly translated to happiness)

Telos

End/purpose; goal (ex. the telos of sculpting is to produce a good sculpture)

Phronesis

Practical wisdom

Arete

Virtue (state of the soul, capacity of the soul)

Praxis

Action