praxis

Japanese: praxis
praxis

…Incidentally, the English word theater comes from the Greek theatron, which means a place for viewing. Aristotle emphasized bios theōrētikos, or the life of theoria, as opposed to praxis, or practical activity, and considered this to be the ideal of human life. For him, the supreme god was nous, or intuitive reason, whose sole purpose was to see. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "praxis" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…ちなみに英語のtheatreも〈見るための場所〉,すなわち劇場を意味するギリシア語のtheatronに由来する。アリストテレスは〈プラクシスpraxis(実践活動)〉に対して〈テオリアの生活bios theōrētikos〉を重視し,これを人間生活の理想とした。最高の神も彼にとっては見ることだけをこととする〈ヌースnous(直観的理性)〉であった。…

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