mathesis
Meanings
noun
- Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning.
- The science of establishing a systematic order for things. (After Foucault.)
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman mathesis, Middle French mathesie, and their source, Late Latin mathesis (“astrology, liberal arts, science”), from Ancient Greek μάθησις (máthēsis, “learning”), from the same base as μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”).
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