διάνοια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Aeol. [[διανοιΐα]] Alc.Supp.1a.1 (nisi leg. [[δι' ἀνοιΐα]], [[δι' ἀνοιΐαν]]), poet. also [[διανοία]] acc. to Eust.1679.29:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[thought]], i.e. [[intention]], [[purpose]], Hdt.1.46,90, And.4.35, etc.; [[τῇ διανοίᾳ]] in the [[spirit]] of his [[action]], D.21.219; ὤλοντ' ἀσεβεῖ διανοίᾳ A.Th.831 (lyr.); [[μαινόλις]] δ. Id.Supp.109 (lyr.); εὔφρονος ἐκ δ. Id.Ag.797 (lyr.), cf. Eu.1013 (anap.); τοῦ ὑπαπιέναι τὴν διάνοιαν ἔχειν Th.5.9; ἐπί τινι Isoc.5.14; πρός τινι Anaxipp.1.37; ἐπ' ἄλλο τι… τρέψαι τινὸς τὴν δ. Pl. Euthd.275b; [[ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας]] = [[with all one's heart]], Arr.Epict.2.2.13; ἐχθροὺς τῇ διανοίᾳ Ep.Col.1.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[thought]], [[notion]], Hdt.2.169, Pl. Phd.63d, Arist.Metaph.986b10; ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δ. D.18.210.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[process]] of [[thinking]], [[thought]], ὁ ἐντὸς τῆς ψυχῆς πρὸς αὑτὴν διάλογος… ἐπωνομάσθη δ. Pl.Sph.263d; πᾶσα δ. ἢ πρακτικὴ ἢ ποιητικὴ ἢ θεωρητική Arist.Metaph.1025b25; ταχίστη ἡ διανοίας κίνησις Id.LI968a25; esp. [[discursive]] [[thought]], opp. [[νόησις]], Procl.Inst.123.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[thinking]] [[faculty]], [[intelligence]], [[understanding]], ὡς μεταξύ τι δόξης τε καὶ νοῦ τὴν δ. οὖσαν Pl.R.511d, al.; opp. [[σῶμα]], Id.Lg.916a, cf. R.395b; ἔστιν ὥσπερ τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς δ. γῆρας Arist.Pol.1270b40; ἐπιτάττοντος τοῦ νοῦ καὶ λεγούσης τῆς δ. φεύγειν τι ἢ διώκειν Id.de An.433a2; ἔκστασις διανοίας LXXDe.28.28.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[thought]] [[express]]ed, [[meaning]] of a [[word]] or [[passage]], Pl.Ly.205b, Phdr.228d; τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων δ. Id.Cra.418a; τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει δ. Arist.de An.404a17; ἡ φυσικὴ διάνοια τοῦ νόμου Aristeas171; so [[διάνοια]], opp. [[ῥητόν]], [[spirit]], opp. [[letter]], Hermog.Stat.2.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[intellectual]] [[capacity]] revealed in speech or action by the characters in drama, Arist.Po.1450a6, b11, 1456a34, Rh.1404a19, al. (Rare in Poetry.)