• distribution (Bamberger 1972:lix-lx). The Praktikos consists of 100 chapters. Of the 100 chapters of the Praktikos, demons are mentioned in 67 of them. Although...
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    Treatise to the Monk Eulogius / To Eulogius) is also an early work. The Praktikos The Gnostikos Kephalaia Gnostica (Problemata Gnostica) De oratione (De...
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    "intellectual", such as used by Plato in the comparison of "practical" (praktikos) and "intellectual" (gnostikos). Plato's use of "learned" is fairly typical...
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    Gnosis. The Gnostikos is the second volume of a trilogy containing the Praktikos, intended for young monks to achieve apatheia, i.e., "a state of calm...
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    Greek χειρο- chiro- 'hand' (itself from χείρ cheir 'hand') and πρακτικός praktikos 'practical'. Chiropractic is classified as a field of pseudomedicine....
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  • derives from the Greek "πρακτική" (praktike), feminine of "πρακτικός" (praktikos), "fit for or concerned with action, practical", and that from the verb...
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  • (prássein), πράττειν (práttein), πρασσόμενον, πρακτός (praktós), πρακτικός (praktikós), (prāktikḗ), πρᾶξις (prâxis), πρᾶγμα (prâgma) apraxia, dyspraxia, parapraxis...
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  • way, then, divide all science into two arts, calling the one practical (praktikos), and the other purely intellectual (gnostikos). Younger Socrates: Let...
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    the word "chiropractic" by combining the Greek words cheiro (hand) and praktikos (doing or action). Chiropractic's early philosophy was rooted in vitalism...
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  • Cistercian Spirit: Symposium M. Basil Pennington 4 Evagrius Ponticus: The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer John Eudes Bamberger 5 Community and Abbot in the...
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