Seneca's Vocabulary Usage as per Campbell Flashcards
Arete (Greek) and Virtus (Roman)
The ideal, goal and only good thing in life, i.e. virtue
Stoicism
Refers to the porch or colonnade (Greek ‘Stoa’), that the Stoic Seneca taught from,
Autarkeia (Greek)
Self-sufficiency
Apatheia
Immunity to feeling (verbal or other attack by those not of a Stoic persuasion).
Cosmopolis
The Stoic world community
Summum bonum
Supreme ideal - four qualities wisdom, (or moral insight), courage, self-cotrol and justice (upright dealing)
Pertinacity
Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action.
Speciousness.
Superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
Solecisms
A phrase that transgresses the rules of grammar - e.g. double negative
A breach of good manners; an instance of incorrect behaviour.
Devilling
Evil spirit, brute
Training period for a barrister
Syllogism
In its earliest form (defined by Aristotle in his 350 BCE book Prior Analytics), a syllogism arises when two true premises (propositions or statements) validly imply a conclusion, or the main point that the argument aims to get across.[1] For example, knowing that all men are mortal (major premise) and that Socrates is a man (minor premise), we may validly conclude that Socrates is mortal. Syllogistic arguments are usually represented in a three-line form:
All men are mortal.
Socrates is a man.
Therefore, Socrates is mortal.[2]
Fatuities
fatuity (countable and uncountable, plural fatuities)
Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
Something fatuous; a stupid idea or utterance.
Climacteric
A critical period or event.
Period of life when sexual activity and fertility are in decline.
Obtrude
Become noticeable in an unwelcome or obtrusive way.
Inimical
Tending to obstruct or harm, hostile.
