Philosophical Latin Phrases
Starting with phrase number 101

  1. Omnia cella o cella - Every living organism comes from another (Philosophical term - there is no spontaneous life)
  2. Omnia secundum litem fiunt - All things are raised by way of strife or battle (Heraclitus - Philosophical term - Prologue of Celestina)
  3. Omnis animi voluptas, omnisque alacritas in eo sita est, quod quis babeat, quibuscum conferens se, possit magnifice sentire de se ipso - All happiness of mind and all contentment liens in the fact that there is someone with whom, in comparing ourselves, we can have a higher feeling (Philosophical term - Hobbes - de cive)
  4. Omnis determinatio negatio est - Every determination is a negation (Philosophical term - when you say that something is something, you are implying that it is not something else)
  5. Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam et lingua eius loquetur iudicium - The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom and his tongue tell his judgment (Philosophical term)
  6. Per accidens - By accident (Philosophical term used in logic - By external force - Compare with per se)
  7. Per se - In and of itself (Philosophical term used in logic - Essential, True without having to refer to something else - Compare with per accidens)
  8. Petitio Principii - Petition to the beginning (Philosophical term - Fallacy of assuming that the conclusion has the same meaning as the argument)
  9. Platon, Ciceron et sumus Aristoteles quequiderunt in profundo laquo - Plato, Cicero and the great Aristotle Sumo into a deep lake (Philosophical term - Popular song that explains Plato, Cicero and Aristotle fell into oblivion)
  10. Pondus meum amor meus; eo feror, quocumque feror - My weight is my love; by that i am drawn wherever i am carried (Philosophical term - Augustine)
  11. Posside sapientiam, quia auro melior est - Possessing wisdom is better than owning gold (Philosophical term)
  12. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc - After this, therefore as consequence of (Philosophical term used in logic - another version of Cum hoc ergo propter hoc, indicates a fallacy in reasoning, the preceding events could be irrelevant to the supposed effect)
  13. Post hoc ergo propter hoc - After this, therefore because of this (Legal and philosophical term - Fallacy that assumes that if it happened before, it must have caused it)
  14. Primum movens - First mover (Philosophical term - Aristotle - Primary cause of all motion in the universe)
  15. Primum vivere, deinde philosophari! - Live first and philosophize later (Philosophical term)
  16. Promissio parit debitum - What's promised is owed (Philosophical term - don't let your mouth write a check that your butt can't cash)
  17. Pusillior sed et fortis - We are few, but strong (Philosophical term - Also motto of an old submersible Spanish Armada)
  18. Quaestio in utramque partem - Both sides of the issue (Legal and Philosophical term)
  19. Qui intellectum habeat, ut intellegant - He who has understanding, let him understand (Philosophical term - David Mis'ari Torpoco - "Philosophical proverbs")
  20. Quid faciant leges, ubi sola pecunia regnat? - What can laws do, where only money reigns? (Philosophical term)
  21. Quod natura seponat socialitas copulat - What nature separates, society unites (Philosophical Term)
  22. Rari nantes in gurgite vasto - Rare survivors in the immense sea (Philosophical term - Virgil - Aeneid, I, 118)
  23. Ratio cognoscendi - Reason of Knowing (Legal Term and also philosophical term, ethics)
  24. Ratio essendi - Reason of being (Legal and philosophical term, ethics)
  25. Reductio ad absurdum - Reduced to absurdity (Philosophical term - Zeno of Elea and Archimedes - Logical method that proves a hypothesis is wrong by showing that its consequences are absurd, impossible or illogical - It is also used to show that a thesis is correct, because all other alternatives lead to absurd or illogical conclusions)

Total: 146
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