Aidos

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~ AIDOS  or EIDOS
         id+ | EARLY AND FUNDAMENTAL IDEA
               DEFINING ETHICS AND HONOR |
  GIVEN AS INNER SHAME
  or HONOR or HONOUR
  HONORABLE or
  HONESTY WITH SELF
  INTIMATE SENSE OF GOOD AND BAD or
  MODESTY
  SELF AND GENERAL RESPECT
  INNER SCALE OF INNER VALUES
  INNER INTEGRITY and an opp to
  PROSTITUTE as in DEVALUE OF SELF
  gr EIDOS     = TO KNOW   somewhat related to
  sp CONCIENCA   CONSCIENCE or WITH AWARENESS
     CON         WITH
        CIENCA   SCIENCE
  sug> SUPEREGO  INTEGRITY  TABU
  see> AIDOS
  see> ETHIC
  see> MORAL
  see> SIR
  see> KNIGHT
  see> NOBILITY
  sug> TRUTH
  sug> FINE
  sug> VIRTUE
  sug> ESTEEM
  sug> REGARD
  sug> VIRTUE
  hx>  HOMER may be seen as an early THEOLOGIAN
       who defined in his epic poems
  TWO MORAL PRINCIPLES
  NEMESIS  " THAT THING YOU WOULD RUN AWAY FROM " and
  AIDOS    or INTEGRITY or PERSONAL HONOR       sug> VALUES
           STEMMING FROM AND GUIDED BY
           AN INNER SENSE OF SHAME
  ply> | SHAME IS A CARDINAL COMPONENT OF CONSCIENCE |
  lit+ Douglas L CAIRNS [#] EXTENSIVELY ANALYZED THE
       PSYCHOLOGY ETHICS and sense of HONOR or HONOUR
  AS GIVEN BY THE ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE in AIDOS
  published by UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS NEW ZEALAND 1993
  med> S FREUD [#] used the term " SUPEREGO or SUPER EGO "
       others might prefer  " INTEGRITY "
  AIDOS CONCERNS THE INNER LAWS OF BEHAVIOR as in
  " TABU "  or  " TRADITION "                    sug> MORES
  MODERN TRENDS REPLACE THE SPHERE OF            sug> MORAL
  THE INNER AIDOS BY MATERIALISTIC RULES or      sug> MERCURY
  EXTERNAL GUIDELINES as found in                sug> MATTER
  MERCENARY SCALE OF VALUES                      sug> TRADE
  " INDIVIDUAL "  or  " SELF " GIVE WAY TO       sug> TRIBE
  EXTERNAL or ALIEN RULES or FACTORS IMPOSED BY  sug> TRIBALISM
  " COLLECTIVE CUSTOMS or CIVILIZATION "         sug> COMMUNE
  " LAW AND ORDER " MOSTLY BASED UPON            sug> FASCISM
  TRENDS HABITS RULES REGULATIONS                sug> FEDERAL
  BASED NOT ON WHAT IS RIGHT BUT ON WHAT IS      sug> EMPIRIC
  MANAGEABLE or  " PRACTICAL "                   sug> VALID
  as in " WHAT CAN YOU GET AWAY WITH "           sug> POLITICS
  as INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALITY DIMINISH      sug> CULTURE
  " COLLECTIVISM " ARISES                        sug> MASS
  maxim> " CAVEAT EMPTOR "  UNDERSCORES          sug> CUSTOMER
         THE IRRELEVANCE OF AIDOS or             sug> FIDUCIARY
  CONSCIENCE IN " FREE MARKET " ACTIVITIES       sug> COMPETE
  THE GAP BETWEEN LEGAL AND ETHICAL              sug> SCRUPLE
  MAY BE CLOSED BY THOSE WHO                     sug> ONUS
  POSSESS A SELF PERCEPTION OF "AIDOS"           sug> IDEA
  AIDOS SEEKS TO LINK THE MUNDANE WITH THE CELESTIAL or HOLY
  note THE WORD MUNDANE HAS BEEN ALSO DEGRADED AND DEPRECIATED
  sp      MUNDO   = WORLD
        INMUNDO     FILTHY  as IN THE WORLD
  eng     MUNDANE = WORLDLY  COMMON
  lat     MUNDUS    WORLD  EARTH
  eng     EARTH     DIRT or SOIL FILTH as in
  old eng DRIT      EXCREMENT
  ARE EXPRESSIONS OF CONTEMPT TOWARD NATURE   sug> HABITAT
  ply> | NEMESIS and AIDOS are ANTAGONIC to the
         MUNDANE DIRT found in
         MERCURIAL MERCENARY MERCANTILISM |