Philosophical Latin Phrases
Starting with phrase number 36

  1. Cuiusvis est errare; nullius nisi insipientes, in errore perseverare - To err is inherent in every man; but to persist in error takes a fool. (Philosophical term - Cicero)
  2. Cum cetera vitia senescant in homine, sola avaritia iuvenescit - When all vices aging a man, only greed rejuvenates him (Philosophical term )
  3. Cum hoc ergo propter hoc - With this, therefore because of this (Legal and philosophical term - A fallacy that confuses cause and effect)
  4. Cum virtutis potestas etiam in evacuandi se potestate permaneat - With the virtue of power, even when releasing power, the power remains. (Philosophical term - Hilarius - De Trinitate 1206)
  5. Cum vita brevis sit, nolite tempus perdere - Since life is short, do not waste time (Philosophical term)
  6. Da quod iubes et iube quod vis - Da lo que mandas, y manda lo que quieras - Give what thou commandest and command what thou wilt (Philosophical term - Augustine)
  7. De indisolubilia non disputatur - We must not continue discussing what we can not resolve or agree (Philosophical term - It is used when certain debates become endless because the contestants start from different premises or incompatible values)
  8. De nihilo nihil fit - You cannot make anything out of nothing (Philosophical term)
  9. Deus dedit, Deus abstulit - God Giveth, God Taketh Away (Philosophical term)
  10. Deus est mortali mortalem iuvare - God is a mortal that helps another mortal (Philosophical term)
  11. Dialecticam inventam esse, ven et falsi quasi disceptatricem - Dialectic was invented to decide between the true and the false (Philosophical term - Cicero)
  12. Dimidium animae meae - Half of my soul (Philosophical term)
  13. Docta ignorantia - On learned ignorance (Philosophical term - Title of a book by Nicolaus Cusanus)
  14. Dubito ergo cogito, cogito ergo sum - I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am (Rene Descartes - Philosophical term)
  15. Dum luceam, peream - I perish, but I look good (Philosophical term - serves as a norm for too many people in modern society)
  16. Eadem mutata resurgo - Eadem resurgo mutata - Although changed, I will resurge (Philosophical term - Epitaph of Jakob Bernoulli)
  17. Ecce garum est - Behold garum (Philosophical term -. Phrase coined by the poet Martial (VII, 94), referring to the foul breath that people who ate garum had. Garum was a fish sauce served at the tables of high society Imperial Rome. Made with remains of fish, it was salted and left to ferment in large vats exposed to sunlight. Just like some perfumes, it came to demand high prices, as much as 500 silver coins for one liter of this sauce)
  18. Ego non ullo uera timore tegam - I will not hide the truth, because of fear (Philosophical term - Catullus)
  19. Eo ipso - By that fact itself (Philosophical term - By that fact alone)
  20. Ergo - Therefore (Philosophical term used in logic)
  21. Ergo conclusus contra manichaeus - And this ends the Manichaean! (Philosophical Term - Thomas Aquinas said this at a banquet hosted by St. Louis IX of France, after expressing a conclusive argument against Manichaeism, which then spread through Europe)
  22. Erudio Procul Imperium - I educate the empire from afar. (Philosophical term)
  23. Esse est percipi - To be is to be perceived (Philosophical term - Principle developed by the Irish philosopher George Berkeley (1685-1753)
  24. Ex nihilo nihil fit - Nothing comes from nothing (Philosophical term - Saint Thomas Aquinas)
  25. Ex pede Herculem - From Hercules' feet (Philosophical term - very little data is needed to understand who is making a statement)

Total: 146
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