Raeden Zen's Blog, page 277
December 13, 2013
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Beauty of the Universe
Beauty of the Universe
quarterlifethinking:
sutakimu-catching-souls-flights:
Eunoia is...
sutakimu-catching-souls-flights:
Eunoia is the shortest English word containing all five main vowel graphemes. It comes from the Greek word εὔνοια, meaning “well mind” or “beautiful thinking.”[1] It is also a rarely used medical term referring to a state of normal mental health.[2]
In rhetoric, eunoia is the goodwill a speaker cultivates between himself and his audience, a condition of receptivity.[3] In book eight of Nicomachean Ethics,Aristotle uses the term to refer to the kind and benevolent feelings of goodwill a spouse has which form the basis for the ethical foundation of human life.[4]Cicero translates eunoia with the Latin word benevolentia.[5]
New favourite word.
