On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Alberto Campagnolo < [email protected]> wrote:
> How about μάθησις (*màthesis *or *màthisis *depending on which > pronunciation you want to follow): the act of learning, getting of > knowledge. > > or the rarer words: > > συνείδησις (*sinèidesis *or* **sinìdisis*): knowledge shared with > another. > > συνεπιστήμων (*sinepistèmon* or *sinepistìmon*): the sharing in knowledge. > > > There are many words related to knowledge in ancient Greek. > > Check here for other examples: > > http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/definitionlookup?type=begin&q=knowledge&target=greek > > http://artflx.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/efts/dicos/woodhouse_test.pl?keyword= > ^Knowledge,%20subs. > > Thank you. "mathesis" certainly appeals to me . But Lewis Carroll used it in "A Tangled Tale" as "Mad Mathesis" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tangled_Tale ) > > -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
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