Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

organon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: organon
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of principles that are used in science or philosophy.

noun

The name given by Aristotle's followers to his six works on logic.

name

The standard collection of the works of Aristotelian logic.

Example Sentences

"1999, Kant (Guyer and Wood trans.), Critique of Pure Reason, Cambridge University Press. Hence pure reason is that which contains the principles for cognizing something absolutely a priori. An organon of pure reason would be a sum total of those principles."
"He thought that it might not be so bad with Merlyn, who might be able to make even the old Organon interesting, particularly if he would do some magic."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon). Doublet of organ, organum, and orgue.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ὄργανον

Inflected Forms

organons (plural)

Derived Forms

organonic

Synonyms

organum

Questions

What does organon mean?: A set of principles that are used in science or philosophy.
Where does organon come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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