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Credo quia absurdum is a Latin phrase that means "I believe because it is absurd", originally misattributed to Tertullian in his De Carne Christi.It is believed to be a paraphrasing of Tertullian's "prorsus credibile est, quia ineptum est" which means "it is completely credible because it is unsuitable", or "certum est, quia impossibile" which means "it is certain because it is impossible".
No mortal is wise at all times: The wisest may make mistakes. nemo nisi per amicitiam cognoscitur: No one learns except by friendship: Used to imply that one must like a subject in order to study it. nemo propheta in patria (sua) no man is a prophet in his own land: Concept present in all four Gospels (Matthew 13:57; Mark 6:4; Luke 4:24; John 4 ...
Sapere aude is the Latin phrase meaning "Dare to know"; and also is loosely translated as "Have courage to use your own reason", "Dare to know things through reason". ". Originally used in the First Book of Letters (20 BC), by the Roman poet Horace, the phrase Sapere aude became associated with the Age of Enlightenment, during the 17th and 18th centuries, after Immanuel Kant used it in the ...
Calliope at the center, and clockwise from top: Socrates, Chilon, Pittacus, Periander, Cleobulus (damaged section), Bias, Thales, and Solon. The Seven Sages or Seven Wise Men was the title given to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 7th–6th centuries BC who were renowned for their wisdom.
A full-length (73 minutes) television movie, titled The Fourth Wise Man, starring Martin Sheen, was broadcast on 30 March 1985. [12] An animated version of the story was produced by Bonneville Communications in 1989. An oratorio or liturgical opera based on the story was written by Susan Hulsman Bingham and premiered in 2000.
Buddhist scriptures teach that a wise people conduct themselves well. [113] A wise person does actions that are unpleasant to do but give good results, and does not do actions that are pleasant to do but give bad results. [114] Wisdom is the antidote to the self-chosen poison of ignorance. The Buddha has much to say on the subject of wisdom ...
Ree Drummond's daughter Paige's wedding preparation is in full swing!. On Sunday, Sept. 15, the Food Network star, 55, opened up about taking Paige, 25, wedding dress shopping in her Pioneer Woman ...
Isaac Mayer Wise (29 March 1819 – 26 March 1900) was an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author. [1] At his death he was called "the foremost rabbi in America". [ 2 ]