[Greek: eunoia], benevolence.— Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Now the word "eunoia" is the subject of a campaign by the Scottish publisher Canongate, which wants it to be recognised by the Oxford and Chambers dictionaries.
Though "eunoia" appears in medical dictionaries with the definition "well mind", Bok wants it to be adopted in every-day English as an expression meaning "beautiful thinking".
www. gopetition.com / petitions / eunoia
An important tactic related to this valuable gift is eunoia, or having Medici's best interests at heart, after all Machiavelli has not "... embellished or crammed this book with rounded periods or big, impressive words, or with any blandishment or superfluous decoration ..."— Soob
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