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Phrontistery

Phrontistery pronounced \fron'tis-te-ree\ Greek phrontisterion, from phrontistes a thinker, from phroneein to think.

A thinking-place; a place for study. I simply had to include 'phrontistery' on this list. It was first used by Aristophanes to apply to the school of Socrates, and was somewhat mocking in tone. A peculiar (and under-used) term, I hope to reclaim it for thinking people everywhere. No other term is synonymous, and its intellectual if pompous sound merely adds to its charm.

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