φιλοσόφημα

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό,

   A a subject of scientific inquiry or a philosophic treatise, ἐν τοῖς ἐγκυκλίοις φ. Arist.Cael.279a30; of the poems of Homer as allegorized, Plb.34.4.4.    2 in Logic, demonstration, ἔστι φ. συλλογισμὸς ἀποδεικτικός Arist.Top. 162a15.    3 philosophic principle, rule of conduct, Plu.2.1125b, Gal. Anim.Pass.1.3.    4 shrewd device or invention, Plu.2.269b.