Anamnesis

- The ability to recall past occurrences.
- Greek word used to indicate Plato’s theory of recollection.

- “Do you remember when we saw Brad Pitt?”
- “No, I am having trouble with my anamnesis.”

Ergon

The term used to say “work”.

- “Hey, we should go out on Friday!”
- “I can’t, I have ergon.”

Metempsychosis

- Reincarnation.
- “Meta” means after.
- “Empsychos” means to animate.
- It is the belief that after death, the soul passes into another body, human or animal

- “When you die, what do you think you will become?”
- “My metempsychosis will as a hamster.”

Areté

- Excellence or Virtue.
- A quality necessary for success.

- “We got our test grades back!!”
- “Yea, I got 100%, that is areté.”

Parrhesia

- Freedom of speech
- In ancient Greece, this protected a citizen’s right to public speech in an assembly.

- “Why won’t you move to China with me? There is so much culture…”
- “Because I need my parrhesia!”

Echthros

- The enemy.
- Hateful, an adversary; Satan.

- “I became friends with Rayan.”
- “You befriended my echthros?!!”

Aer

- Air or vapor
- Anaximenes defined it as the basic substance out of which all other things arise.

- “EW! who farted in the car!!?”
- “It smells so bad! Open the windows we need aer in here!!”