Philosophical Latin Phrases
Starting with phrase number 111

  1. 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)
  2. Posside sapientiam, quia auro melior est - Possessing wisdom is better than owning gold (Philosophical term)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. Primum movens - First mover (Philosophical term - Aristotle - Primary cause of all motion in the universe)
  6. Primum vivere, deinde philosophari! - Live first and philosophize later (Philosophical term)
  7. Promissio parit debitum - What's promised is owed (Philosophical term - don't let your mouth write a check that your butt can't cash)
  8. Pusillior sed et fortis - We are few, but strong (Philosophical term - Also motto of an old submersible Spanish Armada)
  9. Quaestio in utramque partem - Both sides of the issue (Legal and Philosophical term)
  10. Qui intellectum habeat, ut intellegant - He who has understanding, let him understand (Philosophical term - David Mis'ari Torpoco - "Philosophical proverbs")
  11. Quid faciant leges, ubi sola pecunia regnat? - What can laws do, where only money reigns? (Philosophical term)
  12. Quod natura seponat socialitas copulat - What nature separates, society unites (Philosophical Term)
  13. Rari nantes in gurgite vasto - Rare survivors in the immense sea (Philosophical term - Virgil - Aeneid, I, 118)
  14. Ratio cognoscendi - Reason of Knowing (Legal Term and also philosophical term, ethics)
  15. Ratio essendi - Reason of being (Legal and philosophical term, ethics)
  16. 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)
  17. Reductio ad Hitlerum - Reduced to Hitler (Philosophical term used in logic to describe an Argumentum ad hominem fallacy where an argument is made by comparing the opponent to Hitler)
  18. Regnus Agnus Mundi - The kingdom of lambs in the world (Philosophical term)
  19. Sapiens procul negotiis vivit - The wise man keeps away from business deals (Philosophical term)
  20. Scentio ergo sum - I feel, therefore I am (Philosophical term - Variant of cogito, ergo sum)
  21. Scio me nihil scire or Scio me nescire - I know that I know nothing, or I know nothing (Philosophical Term - Latin translation of the famous Socrates quote)
  22. Secundum quid et simpliciter - It is secondary and it simplifies (Legal and philosophical term - Fallacy that takes a small part to represent the whole).
  23. Semper Aequitas - Equality always (Philosophical term)
  24. Serva me, servabo te - Save me, save you (Philosophical term, also love phrase - Petronius)
  25. Si sapientia Deus est, verus philosophus est amator Dei - If wisdom is God, then the true philosopher is a lover of God (Philosophical Term - St. Augustine)

Total: 147
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