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121Stoicism — Stoicism, a school of Hellenistic philosophy, was founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early third century BC. It concerns the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom, and the belief that it is virtuous to maintain… …
122Pragmatische Maxime — Die Pragmatische Maxime ist ein Grundsatz, den Charles S. Peirce formuliert hat, um eine wesentliche Perspektive seiner Philosophie zu beschreiben. Mit der Bezeichnung Maxime lehnte er sich bewusst an Kant an, um den normativen Charakter seiner… …
123impassive — impassively, adv. impassiveness, impassivity /im pa siv i tee/, n. /im pas iv/, adj. 1. without emotion; apathetic; unmoved. 2. calm; serene. 3. unconscious; insensible. 4. not subject to suffering. [1660 70; IM 2 + PASSIVE …
124litotes — /luy teuh teez , lit euh , luy toh teez/, n., pl. litotes. Rhet. understatement, esp. that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in not bad at all. Cf. hyperbole. [1650 60; < NL < Gk litótes orig., plainness,… …
125pain — /payn/, n. 1. physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc. 2. a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body: a back pain. 3. mental or emotional suffering or torment: I am sorry my news causes you such pain. 4. pains …
126phlegmatic — phlegmatically, adv. phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, n. /fleg mat ik/, adj. 1. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. 2. self possessed, calm, or composed. 3. of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm.… …
127Stoic — /stoh ik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity. 2. (l.c.) stoical. n. 3. a member …
128Stoicism — /stoh euh siz euhm/, n. 1. a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 B.C., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature. 2. (l.c.) conduct conforming to the precepts of the Stoics, as… …
