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Nous

- Intellect.
- Mind or act of a mind, a thought, or a purpose.

- “I cannot believe you got into Harvard! How did you do it?”
- “Well, you need a lot of nous…”

- Excellence or Virtue.
- A quality necessary for success.

- “We got our test grades back!!”
- “Yea, I got 100%, that is areté.”

- It means physical love or sexual desire.
- The love felt in between lovers.

- “Oh Romeo, why are you, Romeo?”
- “Oh Juliet, I feel eros for you!”

- “Can I get some fries please?”
- “Sure, it would be my hedone.”

Used to describe the absence of physical pain.

- “OMG, I saw you trip! Are you okay?”
- “Don’t you worry, I feel aponia.”

- Art.
- Craft, skill, expertise, technical knowledge.

- “Look dad, I made a drawing for you!!”
- “Wow... Timmy, that’s tekhné?”

- Source of things, starting point.
- In ancient Greece, it was understood as the beginning of the universe, or the first element of all things.

- “Okay, so what is the game plan? Where do we start?”
- “Here. This is the Arkhé…”