Action, conduct |
praxis |
|
Art |
technē |
includes crafts and skills |
Capacity |
dunamis |
also ‘faculty’, ‘capability’ |
Character |
hexis |
see also ‘moral character’ |
Choice |
prohairesis |
|
Complication |
desis |
|
Depraved |
mochtheros |
|
Discovery |
anagnorēsis |
alternative translation: ‘recognition’ |
Emotion |
pathos |
|
Error |
amartia |
see note on p. 93 |
Explication |
lusis |
|
Happiness |
eudaimonia |
|
Ideas |
dianoia |
see Introduction, p. xxi |
Knowledge |
epistēmē |
|
Making |
poiesis |
see Introduction, p. xi |
Moral character |
ēthos |
|
Noble |
kalon |
also ‘beautiful’ |
Pain |
lupe |
includes all kinds of distress, e.g. thirst |
Passion |
pathos |
|
Pleasure |
hēdonē |
|
Plot |
systema tōn pragmatōn |
|
Purification |
katharsis |
see Introduction, p. xxv |
Reason |
logos |
also ‘word’ |
Representation |
mimēsis |
alternative translation ‘imitation’: see p. xv |
Reversal |
peripetia |
alternative translation ‘overturning’ |
Story |
muthos |
alternative translation ‘plot’; but see p. xix |
Suffering |
pathos |
|
Task |
ergon |
also ‘work’ |
Virtue |
arēte |
also ‘excellence’ |
Wicked |
ponēros |