alētheia (English spelling) aletheia

Japanese: alētheia(英語表記)aletheia
alētheia (English spelling) aletheia

...This view of truth is a new way of thinking that emerged in the early modern period. [Masao Yamashita]
[History of the concept of truth]
The Greek word alētheia, meaning truth, is formed by adding the prefix a, which has the functions of lack, negation, and deprivation, to lēthē, which means forgetfulness → concealment, and is a word that gives the impression of "de-concealment." For the ancient Greeks who created this word, the original experience of truth was apparently a kind of destructive experience that "destroyed concealment and illusion and revealed existence as it is."

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…こうした真理観は近世になって生まれた新しい考え方である。【山下 正男】
[真理概念の歴史]
 真理を意味するギリシア語alētheiaは,〈忘却→隠蔽〉という意味のlēthēに〈欠如・否定・剝奪〉の機能をもつ接頭詞aが付されたものであり,〈脱‐隠蔽性〉といった感じの言葉である。こうした言葉をつくった古代ギリシア人にとって真理の原体験は〈隠蔽・仮象を打ち破って,あるがままの存在を顕現させる〉という一種破壊的な体験であったらしい。…

※「alētheia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Aletris

>>:  Alessi, G. (English spelling) AlessiG

Recommend

differential centrifugation

…Generally, cells are disrupted in a non-electrol...

Goldschmidt, MA (English spelling) GoldschmidtMA

…The Romantics who followed him include, for exam...

Opera Oratorio - Opera Oratorio

In the 20th century, the subject matter and the t...

Kingdom of Aceh - Aceh Kingdom (English spelling)

An Islamic state that existed on the northwestern ...

daboia

...All of them are dangerous because they are hig...

Ziryāb (English spelling)

An Arab musician active from the end of the 8th ce...

Soganoyageki - The drama of the Sogano family

The name of a comedy style started by Soganoya Gor...

Hahnium

...The American school counters this, claiming th...

Postterm birth - Kakkisan

Birth after 42 weeks of pregnancy. Birth occurs mo...

Sandpaper

…There are abrasive cloths, abrasive paper, water...

Shtaerman, EM

...Both theories have been subject to various emp...

APK - APK

Android application package is a file format for s...

Paraceratherium

...The scientific name comes from the beasts of B...

chalcedony

...It is semi-transparent and is mainly mined in ...

Rhynchophil line

...A climbing woody plant of the Rubiaceae family...