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{{Short description|Cord or string worn by ancient Greece and Etruria athletes}} [[File:Kynodesme image.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Picture of a classical Greek athlete wearing the kynodesme (attributed to the Triptolemos painter, datin ...

{{short description|Term used in philosophy with different meanings in different traditions}} ...hat its object (what it thinks about, or perceives) is not itself. This is in contrast to the term '''[[wiktionary:enstasis|enstasis]]''' which means fro ...

...od design. The concept is often associated with the [[modernism]] movement in architecture and [[design]], although it can be applied to many fields, inc ...the ancient Greeks: [[Chilon of Sparta]] made use of the famous [[Ancient Greek]] proverb: "Το λακωνίζειν εστί φιλοσοφείν", which may be roughly translated ...

...edom of action but subjection to ''rules''. In [[ancient Rome|Rome]], the Greek concept was partly shaken, and [[visual art]]ists were viewed as sharing, w ...e]], this was taken as the transference, to the sciences and to nature, of concepts that were proper to art. ...

...Hills, MI|pages=105}}</ref> Psychoanalyst [[Jacques Lacan]] used the term in reference to the fading or disappearance of the [[Subject (philosophy)|subj ...than [[castration anxiety]], an argument he used against [[Sigmund Freud]] in their debate over [[female sexuality]].<ref>J. Laplanche/J. B. Pontalis, '' ...

{{Short description|Philosophical and literary concepts}} ...chim Winckelmann]], and others. The word Dionysian occurs as early as 1608 in [[Edward Topsell]]'s zoological treatise ''The History of Serpents''.<ref>T ...

...loquially, an everyday occurrence (e.g. a joke or mishap) may be described in some dialects of English as 'an absolute classic'. ...ssical'', which refers specifically to certain cultural styles, especially in [[Classical music|music]] and [[Classical architecture|architecture]]: styl ...

...gt og Bæven}}) is a philosophical work by [[Søren Kierkegaard]], published in 1843 under the pseudonym ''Johannes de silentio'' ([[Latin]] for ''John of ...s European (or at least Danish) modernity." Daniel Conway, "Introduction," in ''Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling": A Critical Guide'', ed. Daniel Conway ...

{{About|the African and European divination technique|the Chinese art of aesthetics|Feng shui|the Chinese philosophical tradition|Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)}} ..., metaphysical, or pseudoscientific practice that is related to the Earth. In recent times the term has been applied to a wide range of other occult and ...

{{Short description|Moment of critical discovery in literature}} ...e]], "Myth, Fiction, And Displacement" p 25 ''Fables of Identity: Studies in Poetic Mythology'', {{ISBN|0-15-629730-2}}</ref> ...

| caption = Izutsu in [[Ascona]] in 1979{{r|Izutsu}} ...academic discipline – e.g. Physicist, Sociologist, New Testament scholar, Ancient Near Eastern Linguist--> ...

| main_interests = [[Aesthetics]] | notable_ideas = Aesthetics as the perfection of sensuous cognition<ref>Alexander Baumgarten, ''Aesthet ...

...book|title=The Aesthetics of Net Literature: Writing, Reading and Playing in Programmable Media|last1=Gendolla|first1=Peter|last2=Schäfer|first2=Jörgen| <blockquote>In ergodic literature, nontrivial effort is required to allow the reader to tr ...

...s one of the three branches, or "species" (eidē), of rhetoric, as outlined in [[Aristotle]]'s ''[[Rhetoric (Aristotle)|Rhetoric]]'', to be used to praise ...or show (δεῖξις ''deixis''). It is a literary or rhetorical term from the Greek ἐπιδεικτικός "for rhetorical effect".<ref name=MW>[https://www.merriam-webs ...

...ery is one attended by Peripeteia, like that which goes with the Discovery in [[Oedipus]]...".<ref>Aristotle, [[Poetics]], 1452a</ref> ...element like Peripeteia; it can bring forth or result in terror, mercy, or in comedies it can bring a smile or it can bring forth tears (Rizo). ...

...prophet speaks of being overwhelmed by God's voice and compelled to speak. In [[Christianity]], inspiration is a gift of the [[Holy Spirit]]. ...hoanalyst]] [[Sigmund Freud]] believed himself to have located inspiration in the inner psyche of the artist. [[Psychology|Psychiatrist]] [[Carl Gustav J ...

# The distinction of the [[phenomenon]] from the [[thing-in-itself]] ''(Ding an sich)'' ...ows that those "truths" are based on necessary forms of thought that exist in the mind. ...

...ongînos}}) or '''Pseudo-Longinus'''. It is regarded as a classic work on [[aesthetics]] and the effects of good writing. The treatise highlights examples of good ...reports "by Dionysius Longinus" ({{lang|grc|Διονυσίου Λογγίνου}}), whereas in the table of contents at f. 1^v, the same [[copyist]] wrote "by D ...

...d environmental factors; however, the [[environmental movement]] beginning in the 1940s has made the concept more explicit.<ref>{{cite book | editor=Rich ...plinary areas such as [[historical preservation]] and [[lighting]] design. In terms of a larger scope, environmental design has implications for the indu ...

...c), Canada |publisher=Potential Architecture Books|oclc=1082357029}}</ref> In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is a conceptual appro ...s/Major/2/Data/wb1913_d.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and signified learning in a fascinating and intriguing manner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=didactic {{!}} Or ...