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“In the De S.Scto. (p. 12) Basil uses the word oikonomia in the patristic sense nearly equivalent to incarnation.”
“But, even in this case, the decisive element remains that to which, from the very beginning, the machine as a whole has been destined: the oikonomia, that is, the governance of human beings and of things.”
“Free market” became an imperative, a coerced activity, instead of an opportunity
“Tertullian in opposing them acknowledges that the uninstructed were against him; they could not understand the magic word oikonomia with which he conceived he had saved the situation; they declared that he taught two or three Gods, and cried "Monarchiam tenemus.”
“This is part of the Church's mission or "oikonomia".”
“Those going on and on about canon law should remember that this lifting of the excommunications was not done according to canon law but as an act of mercy (Easterners would say 'oikonomia').”
“What is needed is an Aristotelian buen vivir (as the World Social Forum proclaims) guided by oikonomia rather than chrematistics.”
Herman Daly Festschrift~ Socially Sustainable Economic Degrowth
“The economy, in its original and basic sense, is the management of resources for the household from the Greek oikonomia, where oikos is household, and nemein is manage.”
“Following Aristotle, there is a natural and desirable form of property acquisition that belongs to household management oikonomia.”
“The word economy, coming from the classical Greek oikonomia, refers to the conscious and deliberate management of a household.”
The Wall Street Journal: Oikonomia Would Be Better Thought of as Catallaxy
“It gave as explanation that the debate on this principle proved that the Orthodox Church had not reached a consensus on the concept of oikonomia that could permit a discussion without dangerous divisive consequences.”
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Is it morning yet?
coterie, lexeme, counterbalance, forthright, pigtail, ponytail, french-braid, barrette, listless, counsel, sitting duck, dead duck and 268 more...
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household words
oikonomia, domain, menage, mansion, manor, manse, demesne, menial, arsenal, haft, decumbence, katoikountes and 68 more...
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slumry I wondered about what pigs had to to with it too! Of course that was what attracted me to the word. The truth turned out to be interesting also. Jul 26, 2007
reesetee These Greeks...did they own pigs? ;-) Jul 26, 2007
slumry often contrasted with chrematistics. For example: http://books.google.com/books?id=nNU3Kjg4rhgC&pg=PA67&dq=chrematistics&sig=bf6DOSb-qSn6o_gcTauXag8iaJw Jul 26, 2007
slumry household management Greek root of economics Jul 26, 2007