nomos
- noun
- /ˈnoʊməs/
- Formal
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nomos
- And in attacking Cephalus as he does, Socrates attacks the embodiment of conventional opinion, the nomos supporting the city.
He called that bigger story a nomos, or a world of meaning.
- He called that bigger story a nomos, or a world of meaning.
- The word for law here, by the way, is nomos, which can mean law or custom.
Examples
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There is no Logos, no principle of intelligibility, in this particular Nomos of Anaximander.
Academic text (2017) -
The word for law here, by the way, is nomos, which can mean law or custom.
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He called that bigger story a nomos, or a world of meaning.
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"We ought to stop circumscribing the nomos; we ought to invite new worlds." 40 B.
Academic text (1997) -
The four concepts of eras, Filia, Nomos, and Agape.
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Like the word logos, nomos ("law") too is a very appropriate term to use if one is committed to the view that the real speaks a language that describes its own structure and operations.
Academic text (1991) -
In ancient Greek philosophy, nomos refers to the concept of law or social custom that governs society.
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The philosopher emphasized that every community is shaped by its nomos, which dictates their values and laws.
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Many discussions in classical texts revolve around the nomos, illustrating how customs influence legal systems.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nomos comes from ancient Greek and means 'law' or 'custom'. The same root appears in English words like autonomy and economy, where the -nomy part means 'rule' or 'system', so nomos helps explain ideas about social rules and order.
