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Lyceum

A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.

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Academy 76% connected

A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the schoo…

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High 76% connected

To hie.

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Hall 76% connected

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

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School 76% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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Gymnasium 92% connected

A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Base noun · 78% connection

lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

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Academical adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

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Aristotelianism unknown · 78% connection

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.

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Aristotelic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.

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Cloister noun · 78% connection

a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

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Cocagne noun · 78% connection

The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs.

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Digitigrade noun · 78% connection

An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the fo…

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Drill noun · 78% connection

The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like;…

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Druidism noun · 78% connection

The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, received and taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids.

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Environs n. pl. · 78% connection

The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.

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Exercise verb · 78% connection

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline,…

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Gestation noun · 78% connection

Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise.

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Gnosticism noun · 78% connection

The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.

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Hermetical adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.

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Intellectual adjective · 78% connection

Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.

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Limitation verb · 78% connection

A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitt…

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Neoplatonism noun · 78% connection

A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platon…

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Of preposition · 78% connection

Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of…

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Peripatetic adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his fo…

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