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Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus is a Latin phrase, meaning "Let justice be done, and the world perish". [ 1 ] This sentence was the motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1556–1564), [ 2 ] who used it as his slogan, and it became an important rule to control the nation. [ 3 ]
Art for art's sake—the usual English rendering of l'art pour l'art (pronounced [laʁ puʁ laʁ]), a French slogan from the latter half of the 19th century—is a phrase that expresses the philosophy that 'true' art is utterly independent of all social values and utilitarian functions, be they didactic, moral, or political.
fiat justitia ruat caelum: let justice be done, even if the sky should fall: attributed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus: fiat lux: let there be light: from the Genesis, "dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux" ("and God said: 'Let there be light', and there was light."); frequently used as the motto of schools. fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum
ars celare artem: art [is] to conceal art: An aesthetic ideal that good art should appear natural rather than contrived. Of medieval origin, but often incorrectly attributed to Ovid. [13] ars gratia artis: art for the sake of art: Translated into Latin from Baudelaire's L'art pour l'art. Motto of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. While symmetrical for the ...
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The maxim fiat justitia ruat caelum ("let justice be done, though the heavens fall"), used by Lord Mansfield in Somerset's Case and in reversing the outlawry of John Wilkes, and in the alternate form fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus by Ferdinand of Habsburg, is sometimes attributed to Piso Caesoninus (more often to Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso), but ...
Benedict Cumberbatch recently participated in Variety’s “Know Their Lives” video series and shared some regret over his controversial role in Ben Stiller’s “Zoolander 2.” The “Doctor ...
I was actually taught that the saying is alternative to the "Fiat iustitia, ruat caelum", which appears to be described as almost an antonym here in all its gravity, which is at the same time denied to the "Fiat iustitia, pereat mundus" phrase. --Igor Windsor 17:57, 18 July 2008 (UTC)