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In rhetoric, eunoia is the goodwill a speaker cultivates between himself and his audience, a condition of receptivity.〔''Aristotle's Rhetoric: An Art of Character'' 〕 In book eight of ''Nicomachean Ethics'', Aristotle uses the term to refer to the kind and benevolent feelings of goodwill a spouse has which form the basis for the ethical foundation of human life.〔(The Family In Aristotle )〕 Cicero translates ''eunoia'' with the Latin word ''benevolentia''.〔Gloria Vivenza, "Classical Roots of Benevolence in Economic Thought," ''Ancient Economic Thought'' (Routledge, 1997) pp. 198–199, 204–208 (online ); Cicero's influence on patristic usage, Carolinne White, ''Christian Friendship in the Fourth Century'' (Cambridge University Press, 1992, 2002), pp. 16–17 (online ), 32, and p. 255, note 13.〕 It is also a rarely used medical term referring to a state of normal mental health.〔(Definition: eunoia from Online Medical Dictionary )〕 ''Eunoia'' is the shortest English word containing all five main vowel graphemes. It comes from the Greek word εὔνοια, meaning "well mind" or "beautiful thinking."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beautiful vowels )〕 ==In popular culture== *''Eunoia'' is a work by poet Christian Bök consisting of five chapters, each one using only one vowel. *In the science-fiction television series ''Earth: Final Conflict'', Eunoia is the name of the native language of the Taelon race. Bök was a consultant on that series and helped develop the language. *The debut album of math rock band Invalids. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eunoia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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