Metempsychosis

- Reincarnation.
- “Meta” means after.
- “Empsychos” means to animate.
- It is the belief that after death, the soul passes into another body, human or animal

- “When you die, what do you think you will become?”
- “My metempsychosis will as a hamster.”

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Areté

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

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

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Eudaimonia

- Prosperity, good fortune, wealth, or happiness
- “Eu”: well, “Daimon”: spirit.

- “I’ll never forget you, my love…”
- “Goodbye, I wish you eudaimonia.”

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Logos

- Logic
- In ancient Greek thought, logos represents rational philosophy and logic.

- “I don’t understand this math problem.”
- “Use your logos, Timothy; 2+2=4”

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Thymus

In Ancient Greece, it refered to “soul”.

- “Stop laughing in class.”
- “Laughing is good for the thymus.”

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Episteme

- Knowledge or understanding
- For Plato, it is knowledge that has been derived by justifying an opinion with an argument.

- “Is there an episteme in virtual worlds?

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Empeiria

- Empiric or Experience.
- In Greek terms, it means knowledge and skills acquired through experience, rather than formal study.

- “As you can see in my resume, I have studied a lot, I have 5 Masters degrees…”
- “That’s very impressive, but you do not have any working empeiria….”

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