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Lexicon
Terms from the books in the Diotimos library, with definitions, translation notes, and links to their passages.
5,005 entries across 25 collectionsEntries
2,629–2,664 of 3,466
Regulus of Mars
The regulus of Mars is a named metallic preparation in which the author says a star-like form can be seen.
The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I
Rejected Materials
The rejected materials are substances proposed as the catholic subject, or employed in preparations mistakenly claimed to yield it.
Heinrich Khunrath’s Magnesia Catholica Philosophorum
Relation
Pros ti literally means in relation to something.
Stobaeus, Volume I · Centuries of Meditations
Relations and respects
Respectus names a relation or respect of consideration.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume I
Release
Apallagē is release or departure; the related verb describes becoming free of or separating from something.
Stobaeus, Volume I
Religion
Religion can name a particular tradition, a relation to heaven, and an institution shaping feelings and conduct.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Centuries of Meditations+1 book
Religion and superstition
“Religion” can name worship, a professed faith or community, the institutions administering it, pious conduct, or the religious standard by which conduct is judged.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Religion and theism
Religion is treated as a universal spiritual concern that can underlie differing creeds.
Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry
Religion and theology
The book defines religion as inward realization of THE ALL and one's relation to it, while theology is speculative attribution of personality and motives.
The Kybalion
Religious belief
Croyance can name a shared belief or an article held true.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Religious melancholy
“Religious Melancholy” names Burton’s disputed subdivision of melancholy continually concerned with religion and divine objects.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Remedies and extraordinary powers
Pharmaka in B 111 are remedies or potent agents against ills.
Empedocles’ Complete Fragments, Volume I
Remedy by diversion
To alienate his mind means here to turn the sufferer’s attention elsewhere.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
Remembrance
Souvenir can be a remembered thing or the act of recalling it.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Centuries of Meditations
Remorse
Remords is conscience’s response to wrongdoing, but its relation to innocence, happiness and moral change varies across the notes.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Rennet, magnet and clock
Coagulum is rennet or a curdling agent; its effect is coagulation of milk.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume II
Repentance
Repentir names a response after wrongdoing that can purify or signal change.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Centuries of Meditations
Repetition and the double tale
The phrase dipl’ ereō means “A double tale I shall tell.”
Empedocles’ Complete Fragments, Volume I
Repletion
Plērōsis means filling; the process of making full.
Lysis · Stobaeus, Volume I+1 book
Repose, motion, and contemplation
Status is standing, settled state or repose; alteratio is the change by which a bodily form is introduced into matter.
Marsilio Ficino’s Platonic Theology, Volume II
Representation
Representation gives an object or inward content a determinate presentation.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Reproach and the ending
Ὀνειδίζειν means to reproach, taunt or cast something against someone as a fault.
Hipparchus
Reputation and ambition
Philotimōs describes eagerness for honour or distinction; eudokimōn describes enjoying a good reputation or esteem.
Charmides · The Lovers+2 books
Resemblance and imitation
Homoiōma is a likeness; mimeisthai means to imitate.
Stobaeus, Volume I
Resentment
Resentments are deep feelings, inward responses, or a person’s felt apprehension of things.
Centuries of Meditations
Residues
Residues are the accidental impurities that obscure and burden substance without constituting its essential nature.
Candida Phoenix Philosophica
Resignation
Résignation is a yielding disposition that can reduce suffering through a motive outside one’s own will.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Resignation and detachment
Résignation is acceptance of a condition one cannot or does not change.
The Green Notebook
Resistance
Antereisis is resistance or pressure offered against something.
Stobaeus, Volume I · The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II
Resolutions, decrees, and political opinion
Dogma is something decided or resolved upon; psēphisma is a measure passed by vote.
Minos
Respect
Respect exceeds an exact measurement of merit: it can sustain tender affection and goodness within a reciprocal relation.
The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II · Centuries of Meditations
Respiratory exhalation
Ekpnoē is breathing out.
Empedocles’ The Testimonia, Volume II
Responsibility and blame
Blaming identifies an alleged cause or responsible agent for a bad outcome.
Alcibiades II
Rest
Stasis expresses rest or stillness; anapaula denotes repose or a respite from activity.
Stobaeus, Volume I · The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert, Volumes I–II+2 books
Restlessness
Inquiétude can be anxious concern or an inability to rest; mobilité emphasizes rapid movement and instability.
The Green Notebook · René
Resurrection
Resurrection is rising from death.
Centuries of Meditations · The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I+1 book
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
Diotimos Editions · 2026
Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry Lexicon
Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry · R. Swinburne Clymer
131 entries · 495 subsidiary terms
Diotimos Editions · 2026
Candida Phoenix Philosophica Lexicon
Candida Phoenix Philosophica · Anonymous
155 entries · 478 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
295 entries · 6,097 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Guérin Lexicon
The Green Notebook · Maurice de Guérin
165 entries · 0 subsidiary terms
Diotimos Editions · 2026
The Kybalion Lexicon
The Kybalion · Three Initiates
92 entries · 347 subsidiary terms
October 2026
Plato’s Lovers Lexicon
The Lovers · Plato
83 entries · 361 subsidiary terms
Diotimos Editions · 2026
The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I Lexicon
The Manly Hall Manuscript Collection, Volume I · Attributed to Abraham the Jew
138 entries · 541 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