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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 T
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Turba
The Turba is a cited voice of the philosophical tradition, appearing both through another author and directly.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Turning and direction
Vertere and versare concern turning; dirigere directing; ducere leading.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I
Twelve
Duodecim is twelve; duodenarius is a twelvefold grouping or number; duodenarii marks multiple such groups.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I
Twice-bearing
Δίγονοι is an isolated plural adjective.
Empedocles’ Complete Fragments, Volume I
Twins and triplets
Didyma and tridyma are twins and triplets; gemini is the Latin word for twins.
Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Two Roads
The “two roads” are Khunrath’s two permitted relations between the catholic matter and metallic specification.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Two secrets
The two foremost secrets are recognition of the true matter and its due preparation.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Twofold Mercury and Rebis
Twofold Mercury is Mercury with the Philosophers' sulphur.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Tyrant
Τυραννεῖν is to act or rule as a tyrant; τυραννίς names tyranny.
Alcibiades I · The Lovers+3 books
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