acedia (en)

(Greek) spiritual or mental sloth; apathy; a state of listlessness or torpor

adjudication (en)

(noun) a judicial decision or sentence / (noun) a decree in bankruptcy / (verb) to settle judicially / (verb) to act as judge

agape (en)

(noun) a Greco-Christian term referring to "love: the highest form of love, charity", and "the love of God for man and of man for God

aleatory (en)

(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck

aporia (en)

(noun) an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect / (noun) a logical impasse or contradiction / (noun) a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

ars poetica (la)

"the art of poetry"; also a poem written by Roman poet Horace in 19 BC, in which he advises poets on the art of writing poetry and drama

axiology (en)

(in philosophy) the study of values and value judgments

bedesmen (en)

religious figures in medieval Scotland who solicited donations on the promise of praying for their benefactors

beleaguered (en)

besieged, troubled, beset with difficulties

Bellerophon (en)

a hero in Greek mythology whose greatest feat was killing the Chimera

Calvinism (en)

a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice of John Calvin

caritas (la)

(noun) charity

casino capitalism (en)

the kind of high-risk- high-reward behaviour indulged in by former high street bankers and many others which helped lead to the ongoing economic crisis

concomitant (en)

naturally accompanying or associated

concomitant (en)

naturally accompanying or associated

dialectic (en)

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

dialectic (en)

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

diegetic (en)

the telling of a story by a narrator who summarizes events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters

dyspepsia (en)

(noun) indigestion; ill humor; disgruntlement

Emersonian (en)

pertaining to Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 -1882), American essayist, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century

enervating (en)

(verb) to reduce the mental or moral vigor of / (verb) to lessen the vitality or strength of

figurant (en)

an originally French word that means extra (as in a theatrical production); related words "unfiguranted" and "figurantless" mean "without anonymous extras" (where everyone is a protagonist of sorts)

Fursichsein (en)

German for "Being for oneself"; a concept used by Hegel?

Hegel's bondsman (en)

referring to a passage titled "Lordship and Bondage" in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, which describes the master-slave dialectic

Heracles (en)

same thing as Hercules; divine hero in Greek mythology who had to perform 12 labours