Glossary G
Glossary G
Gorgias (ca. 485-380 B.C.) is a Sophist who believed the only reality a person can experience is his or her subjective reality and that this reality can never be accurately communicated to another individual.
Gorgonize also spelled Gorgonise means to paralyze, petrify, or hypnotize.
Gorgonize is after the word Gorgon, referring to any of the three (3) monstrous sisters: Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa in Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair. These said sisters turned anyone who looked into their eyes into stone anyone who looked into their eyes.]
Gosling refers to a young goose and also refers to a naive or inexperienced young person.
Gossip is defined as a poorly substantiated information and insignificant information that is primarily about individuals, usually against the individual; mostly negative in nature
Gossip grapevine is defined as a pattern of grapevine communication in which a message is passed to only a select group of individuals.
Gossypol refers to an ingredient in cottonseed oil that, when injected or implanted, may inhibit sperm production.
- Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646 - 1716) : Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz believed that the universe consists of indivisible units called Monads. God had created the arrangement of the Monads, and therefore this was the best of all possible worlds. If only a few minute monads were experienced, petites perceptions resulted, which were unconscious. If enough minute monads were experienced at the same time, apperception occurred, which was a conscious experience. Please see also Petites perceptions.