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  2. List of Latin phrases (P) - Wikipedia

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    A common example is negligence per se. See also malum in se. per stirpes: through the roots: Used in wills to indicate that each "branch" of the testator's family should inherit equally. Contrasted with per capita. per unitatem vis: through unity, strength: Motto of Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets: per veritatem vis: through truth, strength

  3. Structuralism - Wikipedia

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    Thus, in English, the sounds /p/ and /b/ represent distinct phonemes because there are cases (minimal pairs) where the contrast between the two is the only difference between two distinct words (e.g. 'pat' and 'bat').

  4. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    Demographic-economic paradox: nations or subpopulations with higher GDP per capita are observed to have fewer children, even though a richer population can support more children. Downs–Thomson paradox: Increasing road capacity at the expense of investments in public transport can make overall congestion on the road worse.

  5. Quine's paradox - Wikipedia

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    Quine's paradox is a paradox concerning truth values, stated by Willard Van Orman Quine. [1] It is related to the liar paradox as a problem, and it purports to show that a sentence can be paradoxical even if it is not self-referring and does not use demonstratives or indexicals (i.e. it does not explicitly refer to itself).

  6. Per se - Wikipedia

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    Per se may refer to: per se, a Latin phrase meaning "by itself" or "in itself". Illegal per se, the legal usage in criminal and antitrust law; Negligence per se, legal use in tort law; Per Se (restaurant), a New York City restaurant

  7. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    Translation Notes vacate et scire: be still and know. Motto of the University of Sussex: vade ad formicam: go to the ant: From the Vulgate, Proverbs 6:6. The full quotation translates as "Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!" [2] vade mecum: go with me: A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around, especially a ...

  8. Paradox - Wikipedia

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    Although statements can be self referential without being paradoxical ("This statement is written in English" is a true and non-paradoxical self-referential statement), self-reference is a common element of paradoxes. One example occurs in the liar paradox, which is commonly formulated as the self-referential statement "This statement is false ...

  9. List of Latin phrases (E) - Wikipedia

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    Exempli gratiā is usually abbreviated "e. g." or "e.g." (less commonly, ex. gr.).The abbreviation "e.g." is often interpreted (Anglicised) as 'example given'. The plural exemplōrum gratiā to refer to multiple examples (separated by commas) is now not in frequent use; when used, it may be seen abbreviated as "ee.g." or even "ee.gg.", corresponding to the practice of doubling plurals in Latin ...