II Kaufmann - Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist Flashcards
Dialectic
Dialectic (de·a·LEC·tic): investigating or discussing the truth of ideas
Dithyramb
Dithyramb (DITH·y·ramb): an impassioned speech, poem, or hymn often dedicated to Dionysus
Geist
Geist (geíst): ghost, spirit
Maculate
Maculate (ˈma-kyə-lət): stained, impure
Surd
Surd (ˈsərd): irrational number; voiceless, whispered sound
Apoteosis
Apoteosis (ə-ˌpä-thē-ˈō-səs): the best part of something, climax; quintessence
Aufhebn
Aufhebn (AUF·hee·ben): Hegel - to preserve, cancel or even lift up, equal to Nietzsche’s sub-lim-ieren
Epiphenomenon
Epiphenomenon (ep·i·phe·nom·e·non): a secondary phenomenon that occurs alongside a primary phenomenon
Hebatation
Hebatation: to make blunt, dull, or stupid
Monadology
Monadology: Leibniz - a metaphysical system that interprets the world as a harmonious unity of monads
Ontology
Ontology (än-ˈtä-lə-jē): a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature of being
Teleology
Teleology (tel·e·ol·o·gy): viewing phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than of the cause from which they arose
Uberwindungsmotiv
Uberwindungsmotiv: overcoming motif
Atavism
Atavism (at·a·vism): a tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral
Ideogram
Ideogram (ˈi-dē-ə-ˌgram): a picture or symbol used to represent a thing or an idea
Mendacity
Mendacity (men·dac·i·ty): the act of not telling the truth, to lie
Non plus ultra
Non plus ultra (neu-plaz-ultra): the highest point attainable; don’t go beyond this point
Noumenal
Noumenal (nou-mé-nal): the opposite of phenomenon; that which exists independently of human sense or perception
Amphitryon
Amphitryon (am-fit-tree-uhn): King of Thebes and husband of Alcmene (alk MEE nee)
Casuistry
Casuistry (KAZ-yoo-is-tree): sophistry, unsound reasoning
Chandala
Chandala (chan-dah-la): untouchable, Indian of low caste
Ephexis
Ephexis (eh-fek-ease): to hold back, wariness; the opposite of ‘ease’
Hyperborean
Hyperborean (hy·per·bo·re·an): inhabitant of the extreme north; from Greek mythology
Proprium
Proprium (pro·pri·um): an attribute
Sirocco
Sirocco (sir·roc·co): hot wind blowing from North Africa across southern Europe
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