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The Four Loves is a 1960 book by C. S. Lewis which explores the nature of love from a Christian and philosophical perspective through thought experiments. [1] The book was based on a set of radio talks from 1958 which had been criticised in the U.S. at the time for their frankness about sex.
John Prior Lewis (March 18, 1921 – May 26, 2010) was an American academic and presidential advisor who was a strong advocate of aid to help build developing countries as a matter of foreign policy. Lewis was born on March 18, 1921, in Albany, New York. He was raised in Hudson Falls, New York and earned his undergraduate degree from Union College.
Latin translation of no. 72 of John Chrysostom's 88 Greek homilies on the Gospel of John, [13] citing Isaiah 22:13: communibus annis: in common years: One year with another; on an average. "Common" here does not mean "ordinary", but "common to every situation" communibus locis: in common places
A Latin translation of René Goscinny's phrase in French ils sont fous, ces romains! or Italian Sono pazzi questi Romani. Cf. SPQR, which Obelix frequently used in the Asterix comics. Deo ac veritati: for God and for truth: Motto of Colgate University. Deo confidimus: In God we trust: Motto of Somerset College. Deo domuique: For God and for home
Honest to God is a book written by the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich John A.T. Robinson, criticising traditional Christian theology. It aroused a storm of controversy on its original publication by SCM Press in 1963.
praise be to God: Inscription on the east side at the peak of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.; motto of the Viscount of Arbuthnott and Sydney Grammar School; title of a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier commemorating the passage of the 13th Amendment: lectio brevior potior: The shorter reading is the better: A maxim in text criticism.
A process of reasoning (P therefore Q) is rational only if the reasoner sees that Q follows from, or is supported by, P, and accepts Q on that basis. Thus, reasoning is trustworthy (or "valid", as Lewis sometimes says) only if it involves a special kind of causality, namely, rational insight into logical implication or evidential support.
The former national motto of the United States, which "In God We Trust" later replaced; therefore, it is still inscribed on many U.S. coins and on the U.S. Capitol. Also the motto of S.L. Benfica. Less commonly written as ex pluribus unum: ecce Agnus Dei: behold the lamb of God: John the Baptist exclaims this after seeing Jesus [2] ecce ancilla ...