The poet Thomas Gray said that reading Aristotle was like eating dried hay. This is something of an exaggeration, but his writing can be hard work. It is generally agreed that these “esoteric” (or “acroatic”) works are actually lecture notes, the working documents that he used on a daily basis for his teaching.
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Acroatic — Ac ro*at ic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to hear.] Same as {Acroamatic}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acroatic — index esoteric, inapprehensible, incomprehensible, inexplicable, learned, profound (esoteric) Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
acroatic — a. See acroamatic … New dictionary of synonyms
acroatic — … Useful english dictionary
Aristotle — • Philosopher, born at Stagira, a Grecian colony in the Thracian peninsula Chalcidice, 384 B.C.; died at Chalcis, in Euboea, 322 B.C Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Aristotle Aristotle … Catholic encyclopedia
acroatics — noun /ˌækɹəʊˈætɪks/ acroamatics<ref name= OED >“[ … Wiktionary
esoteric — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, arcane, cabalistic, cabalistical, concealed, confidential, confined to a select circle, covert, cryptic, deep, designed for the initiated, difficult to comprehend, enigmatic, enigmatical,… … Law dictionary
inapprehensible — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, ambiguous, beyond comprehension, beyond understanding, enigmatic, enigmatical, hidden, impenetrable, impossible to understand, incognizable, incomprehensible, indistinct, inexplicable,… … Law dictionary
incomprehensible — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, ambiguous, beyond comprehension, concealed, dark, deep, difficult to comprehend, dim, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, fathomless, hard to understand, hidden, impenetrable, impossible to… … Law dictionary
inexplicable — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, baffling, concealed, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, hard to understand, hidden, impenetrable, inapprehensible, incapable of being explained, incomprehensible, indefinable,… … Law dictionary
