The English art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900) distinguished '' aesthesis '' - a kind of 'animal consciousness of the pleasantness' of the object - from '' theoria '' - the sense that beauty has a spiritual core. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Finally tonight, synesthesia ( "from the Greek roots syn (together) and aesthesis (perception)"). From Wordnik.com. [11.03] Reference
Words refer to something; perception (aesthesis in Greek) involves perceptibles; knowledge requires a known. From Wordnik.com. [Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology] Reference
Obviously, one finds these considered concerns merely skin deep, when compared with the galactic sweep of The Life Divine and the glacieral aesthesis of Savitri. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
The etymology of “aesthetic” is aesthesis, which means “feeling,” and process thought emphasizes that aesthetic values are fundamentally values for an experiencing subject. From Wordnik.com. [Process Theism] Reference
It wasn't until Asher began studying neuroscience at Harvard six years ago that he learned there was a name for this phenomenon -- synesthesia, from the Greek roots syn (together) and aesthesis (perception). From Wordnik.com. [Real Rhapsody In Blue] Reference
Other concerns, such as food security, are even more fundamental to the need for city planning than its aesthesis. From Wordnik.com. [Artvoice - Buffalo's #1 Newsweekly] Reference
Does the particular poet who invites our attention deal more with the aesthesis of the ear or with that of the eye?. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry] Reference
The English art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900) distinguished aesthesis - a kind of 'animal consciousness of the pleasantness' of the object - from theoria - the sense that beauty has a spiritual core. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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