Method – clear and specific criteria to guide one’s inquiry

Geisteswissenschaften – the human sciences (Geist – mind, intellect, spirit)

Naturwissenschaften – the natural sciences

praxis – action

theoria – seeing, contemplating (scientific)

poiesis – making, producing

phronesis – practical wisdom, the virtue of praxis. Reasoning about action that is not governed by specific laws.

(See p. 54 for a description)

sophia – theoretical wisdom, the virtue of theoria.

episteme – (scientific) knowledge

nous – intuition, thought, understanding

bios theoretikos – the life of contemplation

techne – technical skill, the virtue of poiesis

polis – the city-state

vita activa – the life of action (e.g., political action)

vita methodi – the methodical life (governed by specific principles)