[okfn-discuss] Greek root for knowledge?

Tue Feb 5 01:40:09 UTC 2013

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Alberto Campagnolo <
alberto.campagnolo at gmail.com> wrote:

> How about μάθησις (*màthesis *or *màthisis *depending on which
> pronunciation you want to follow): the act of learning, getting of
> knowledge.
>
> or the rarer words:
>
> συνείδησις (*sinèidesis *or* **sinìdisis*): knowledge shared with
> another.
>
> συνεπιστήμων (*sinepistèmon* or *sinepistìmon*): the sharing in knowledge.
>
>
> There are many words related to knowledge in ancient Greek.
>
> Check here for other examples:
>
> http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/definitionlookup?type=begin&q=knowledge&target=greek
>
> http://artflx.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/efts/dicos/woodhouse_test.pl?keyword=
> ^Knowledge,%20subs.
>
>
Thank you. "mathesis" certainly appeals to me . But Lewis Carroll used it
in "A Tangled Tale" as "Mad Mathesis" (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tangled_Tale )

>
>

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Peter Murray-Rust
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Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
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