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Lexicon
Terms from the books in the Diotimos library, with definitions, translation notes, and links to their passages.
4,297 entries across 21 collectionsTerms beginning with F
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Fable
Fable can mean an invented tale, a poetic story or plot, or a fiction improperly presented as physical knowledge.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Face
Face means the visible front or countenance of a person, and by extension an appearance through which something becomes present.
Centuries of Meditations
Face and bodily appearance
Euprosōpos means fair-faced; aprosōpos literally without a face.
Charmides
Facility
Facility is ease of production or expression.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Faction and hatred
Μισεῖν is to hate; στασιάζειν is to engage in faction or be divided by civic conflict.
Alcibiades I
Faculties and evidence
Palamai are the means of grasping distributed through the limbs in B 2; the related singular phrase in B 3 is rendered “with every faculty.”
Empedocles’ Complete Fragments, Volume I
Faculty
Faculté names a capacity, not necessarily its present exercise, acquired skill, or achieved result.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · The Green Notebook+2 books
Failure weariness and endurance
Imbecillitas is weakness; debilitari to become weaker; deficere to fail or fall short.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I
Fain
Fain can mean gladly or eagerly; with forms of be and an infinitive it can mean obliged or constrained.
Centuries of Meditations
Fairest and Foulest
Kallistō is a feminine name built on the superlative of beauty; Aischrē expresses ugliness or shamefulness.
Empedocles’ Complete Fragments, Volume I
Faith
Foi, also spelled foy, names a relation of trust or assent that Joubert repeatedly distinguishes from possessing a demonstrable idea.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Centuries of Meditations+1 book
Faith and doubt
Faith can mean Christian belief, trust in a providential purpose, or fidelity to an inward conviction.
The Green Notebook
Fall
The Fall is humanity’s departure from its original relation to God through sin.
Centuries of Meditations
False philosophers
The marginal coinage Loß-sophi at p. 168 mocks the title Philosophi.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
False swearing
The wording describes swearing falsely while in error.
Empedocles’ Complete Fragments, Volume I
Falsehood
Pseudos denotes falsehood; pseudēs means false.
Stobaeus, Volume I · The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II+1 book
Fame
Fame can mean what is reported about a person or thing, as well as an established reputation for distinction.
Centuries of Meditations
Familiar
A “familiar” can be a close associate or intimate friend.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Familiarity
Familiarité is ease of manner or expression, distinguishable both from intimate disclosure and from goodness itself.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Family
Famille names a domestic group, while affections domestiques describes attachments within domestic life.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Fanatic
The Schwermer is the presumptuous, babbling opponent who must call off his swarm before people who understand Nature.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Fanaticism
Fanatisme is characterized through loss of bearings and destructive intoxication; it is not restricted to religious assent.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Fancy
Phantaisie can name fabricated images, their receptive field or an unstable private inclination.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Centuries of Meditations
Farmer and plants
Geōrgos is a farmer; geōrgikos means farming or skilled in farming and, with “man,” describes a farming man.
Hipparchus · The Lovers+1 book
Farming and harvesting
Θερίζειν is to harvest; γεωργοί are farmers or cultivators.
Alcibiades I · Epinomis
Farming, carpentry, and coordinated work
Geōrgikē is farming as a competence, geōrgos a farmer, and geōrgein to farm or cultivate land.
Theages
Fascination
“Fascination” means bewitchment or enchantment, especially an influence thought to work through the eyes.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Fatal
Fatal can mean appointed by fate or inescapable, without implying death.
Centuries of Meditations
Fate
Heimarmenē is the chief word rendered “fate” in this volume.
Stobaeus, Volume I · Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II+1 book
Father
Patēr is father, used both for human parenthood and for a divine source or ruler.
Stobaeus, Volume I · Centuries of Meditations
Father of Lights
The Father of Lights is a scriptural name for the giver of good gifts and wisdom.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Father Souël: severity and responsibility
Souël is the missionary who hears René’s account alongside Chactas and delivers its sharpest ethical judgement.
René
Fear
Phobos is fear; phobein can mean to frighten, and its middle/passive forms here express being afraid.
Theages · Stobaeus, Volume I+3 books
Fear as a relative
Phobos is fear; phobeisthai is to fear.
Charmides
Feast and hospitality
Ἑστιᾶν means to entertain or feast someone; the passive participle ἑστιαθείς means having been entertained at a feast.
Hipparchus
Feasting in conversation
Hestiaō means entertain at a meal; in the middle, feast or enjoy a banquet.
Lysis
Books in the Lexicon
October 2026
Plato’s Alcibiades I Lexicon
Alcibiades I · Plato
176 entries · 701 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Alcibiades II Lexicon
Alcibiades II · Plato
94 entries · 290 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Traherne Lexicon
Centuries of Meditations · Thomas Traherne
471 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Charmides Lexicon
Charmides · Plato
173 entries · 777 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Empedocles Lexicon
Empedocles, Volumes I–II · Empedocles of Acragas
490 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Epinomis Lexicon
Epinomis · Plato
77 entries · 1,061 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Flatland Literary Lexicon
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions · Edwin A. Abbott
85 entries · 476 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Khunrath Lexicon
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum · Heinrich Khunrath
326 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Hipparchus Lexicon
Hipparchus · Plato
90 entries · 291 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Baudelaire Literary Lexicon
Intimate Journals · Charles Baudelaire
80 entries · 323 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Lysis Lexicon
Lysis · Plato
239 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I Lexicon
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I · Marsilio Ficino
231 entries · 1,313 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume II Lexicon
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume II · Marsilio Ficino
148 entries · 1,398 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Minos Lexicon
Minos · Plato
54 entries · 506 subsidiary terms
October 2026
René Literary Lexicon
René · François-René de Chateaubriand
81 entries · 275 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Stobaeus Lexicon
Stobaeus, Volume I · John Stobaeus
610 entries · 85 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy Lexicon
The Anatomy of Melancholy · Robert Burton
103 entries · 3,864 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Guérin Lexicon
The Green Notebook · Maurice de Guérin
165 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Lovers Lexicon
The Lovers · Plato
83 entries · 361 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Joubert Lexicon
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Joseph Joubert
459 entries · 110 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Theages Lexicon
Theages · Plato
62 entries · 510 subsidiary terms