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Definition of Mathesis
1. n. Learning; especially, mathematics.
Definition of Mathesis
1. Noun. mental calculation or discipline; learning, science ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mathesis
1. mental discipline [n MATHESES or MATHESISES]
Medical Definition of Mathesis
1. Learning; especially, mathematics. Origin: L, fr. Gr, from, to learn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mathesis
Literary usage of Mathesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"But in the vaster world of thought, in the world of pure mathesis, all of them
are valid; there they coexist, and interlace among themselves and ..."
2. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Neuberg, J. mathesis In- or circum-conics of triangles and quadrilaterals ...
Spijker, NC mathesis 15 (1895) 105-. lines of. Reggio, Z. Ven. ..."
3. Elements of Physiophilosophy by Lorenz Oken (1847)
"PART I. mathesis—OF THE WHOLE. NOTHING. 31. The highest mathematical idea, or
the fundamental principle of all mathematics is the zero = 0. ..."
4. General Principles of the Philosophy of Nature: With an Outline of Some of by John Bernhard Stallo (1848)
"mathesis. THE highest mathematical symbol, which is the type of all positions or
creative acts in nature, of which all positions are but tautologies, ..."
5. American Pedagogy: Education, the School, and the Teacher in American by Henry Barnard, American Journal of Education (1876)
"... we seek to find what that order is, and arrive at the conclusion that there
are five great studies for the human spirit, — mathesis, Physics, History, ..."
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