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18 Cards in this Set
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oikos
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the houshold, implying an estate like a manor with familty and servants all centering on and dependent upon a marriage
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polis
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the ordered, consciously constructed city where the aim is to establish justice
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physis
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nature, the flow of things, the rythm of being
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nomos
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law, custom, convention; the custom of the community; man-made ordinances, but based on divine order, including unwritten laws
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cosmos
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the order of the universe, a world
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hybris
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overweening pride and insolence;; wanton violence; in tradgedy, the human attempt by pass mortal limits and to be a god
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nemesis
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just indignation; retribution; a supernatural force that tracks down those who have committed an offense
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ate
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ruin, blind folly; infatuationl; a curse passed down in a family line
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eros
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the motivating desire that flows through all things, bidnding them together; in humans it can be a source of madness
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themis
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the ancient right order of things, justice as a tradition: the earth, the "mothers"
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dike
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justice that is arrived at by thought and reflection; the right order of Zeus; and incarnation of justice
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moir
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fate-that which fallas to the lot of anyone; one's portion; a due and regular share
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tyche
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chance, fortune, luck; irrational contigency; that which "happens"
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sophrosyne
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the ideal of the classical Greeks; balance, harmony, beauty, wholeness, purity
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megalopsychos
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the great-souled man of whom Aristotle writes; the ideal tragic hero
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kairos
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the right time for an action; critical moment; due season; the moment of divine inspiration
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chronos
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time as the unfolding of all things; the successive movement of events; the beholder
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telos
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the end, purpose, and final ordering of an action
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