Latin Phrases and Quotes
Starting with phrase number 459

  1. Argumentum ad populum - Argument to the people (Diplomatic term - Also philosophical term that refers to the fallacy to base the decision based on popularity instead of the premises)
  2. Argumentum ad verecundiam - Argument to respect (Legal term - he said, she said)
  3. Argumentum falsum dilemma - False dilemma argument (Legal and philosophical term - Fallacy where the discussion is reduced to just two options)
  4. Argumentum hominem paleae - Straw Man argument (Legal and philosophical term - Fallacy where it regutes something that the opponent did not say, either by exaggerating or misinterpreting what he said)
  5. Argumentum petitio Principii - Argument of asking for the beginning (Legal and philosophical term - Fallacy in which one person uses the conclusion as one of the premises to prove his conclusion. It is also called "begging the question", "circular argument" and "vicious circle". In Plato's Phaedo, Socrates incurs such fallacy trying to prove that the soul is immortal)
  6. Arma sunt membra militum - Weapons are members of the soldie
  7. Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora - I sing of war and of a man, who first from the shores of Troy, driven by fate, arrived in Italy and on Lavinian shores. (Virgil - Aeneid I)
  8. Arrectis auribus - With ears pricked up (Virgil - Aeneid II - Attentively)
  9. Ars Amandi / Ars amatoria - The Art of Love (Book by Ovid)
  10. Ars gratia artis - Art for the love of art (Motto of the movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) written under the lion)
  11. Ars moriendi - The art of dying (Title of two Christian books from around 1415 and 1450, which provide guidance for a good death)
  12. Ars nunquam magis quam in minimo tota est - Art never looks as whole as the minimun (Paul Guldin)
  13. Ars sine scientia nihil est - Art without science is nothing
  14. Artes serviunt vitae, sapientia imperat - The arts provide a service to life, wisdom governs it (Philosophical Term - Seneca, Letters to Lucilius, 85, 32)
  15. Artifex vitae, artifex sui - Maker of life, his maker (Artist of life, artist of your own destiny - Start of a poem by Amado Nervo)
  16. Asinum asino et sus su pulcher - The donkey is beautiful to another donkey and the pig is beautiful to another pig.
  17. Asinus asinorum in saecula saeculorum - The jackass of jackasses in the centuries of centuries
  18. Asinus asinum fricat - Jackass rubs jackass (When two people overly praise each other)
  19. Asinus in tegulis - Ass on the housetop (It applies to people of low intelligence in high positions of a hierarchy)
  20. Assem habeas, assem valeas - Have an ace, and you will be worth an ace (You are worth as much as you have)
  21. Assisa panis et cervisiae - Tax on bread and beer (Refers to an English law in the thirteenth century, during the Middle Ages, where this tax was used to regulate the price of these products)
  22. Assumpta Est Maria in caelo Alleluja, Alleluja - Mary is elevated to heaven. Hallelujah, Hallelujah (Assumption of the Virgin Mary - August 15)
  23. Astra inclinant, non necessitant - The stars incline; they do not determine
  24. Astra Inclinant, Sed Non Obligant - The stars incline; they do not force
  25. Asumpsit tuas responsabilitates - Take charge (Philosophical Term - Assume your responsibilities)

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