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This process of ˜thinking through™ to the nature of the thing is called by Maritain dianoetical knowledge.
Jacques Maritain Sweet, William 2008
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It is a peculiarity of Aristotle's ethical system that he places the intellectual virtues above the moral, the theoretical above the practical, the contemplative above the active, the dianoetical above the ethical.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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