Hegemonikon
idea · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
HEGEMONIKON · hegemonikon · ruling part · the hegemonic · the principal · the principality of the senses
spoken of as
1 expressionPrincipal faculty“hegemonikon”1 mention
De Anima (Latin)
To this it remains to consider where the principality lies, that is, which presides over which;
in the texts
On the Nature of the Gods
The Stoic concept of the ruling or governing part of a being's nature, analogous to the mind in man.
By 'ruling part' I mean that which the Greeks call hegemonikon, than which in each kind nothing can or ought to be more excellent.
De Anima
The soul's supreme ruling faculty, called the 'hegemonic' or principal, whose existence and bodily seat are debated.
To this it remains to consider where the principality lies, that is, which presides over which;
First of all, whether there is any supreme grade of vital and sapiential power in the soul, which they call the ‘hegemonic,’ that is, the principal;
De Carnis Resurrectione
The hegemonikon, the philosophers' term for the ruling faculty of the senses.
But even if in the brain, or in the midpoint between the brows, or wheresoever it pleases the philosophers, the principality of the senses has been consecrated — what is called the HEGEMONIKON — the whole place of the soul's thinking will be flesh.