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Proairesis, proaeresis
n. deliberate choice.
The Oxford English Dictionary says:
A deliberate choice, a resolution.
1644, Milton, Educ. Wks. 1851 IV. 387. That act of reason which in Ethics is called Proairesis.
From Liddell & Scott Intermediate Lexicon
[1] a choosing one thing before another, an act of deliberate choice, a purpose, resolution, Plat., etc.:mdash; kata proairesin on purpose, as one will, Arist.
[2] a purpose, plan, or scope of action, a course of life, principle of action, Dem.
[3] in political language, a deliberate course of action, a policy, Dem.:mdash;also, a mode of government, such as an oligarchy, Dem.; in pl., tas koinas pr. your public principles, your general policy, Dem.
[4] a department of government, Dem.
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