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Krautrock: German-like English name for a variety of German rock; Neue Deutsche Härte (NDH): "New German Hardness"; a genre of German rock that mixes traditional hard rock with dance-like keyboard parts. Recently it has begun to appear in English. Neue Deutsche Todeskunst: "New German Death Art": a movement within the darkwave and gothic rock ...
According to Hegel biographer D. R. Forsyth, Leo Tolstoy disagreed with Carlyle's perspective, instead believing that leadership, like other things, was a product of the "zeitgeist", [year needed] [page needed] the social circumstances at the time. [7] Great Man theory and zeitgeist theory may be included in two main areas of thought in ...
Translation Notes saltus in demonstrando: leap in explaining: a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted. salus in arduis: a stronghold (or refuge) in difficulties: a Roman Silver Age maxim. Also the school motto of Wellingborough School. salus populi suprema lex esto: the welfare of the people is to be the highest law
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 ...
This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1
Translation Notes Macte animo! Generose puer sic itur ad astra: Young, cheer up! This is the way to the skies. Motto of Academia da Força Aérea (Air Force Academy) of the Brazilian Air Force macte virtute sic itur ad astra: those who excel, thus reach the stars: or "excellence is the way to the stars"; frequent motto; from Virgil's Aeneid IX ...
Henri-Louis Bergson (/ ˈ b ɜːr ɡ s ən, b ɛər ɡ-/; [3] French:; 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopher who was influential in the traditions of analytic philosophy and continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War, [4] but also after 1966 when Gilles Deleuze published Le Bergsonisme.
Like the vast majority of inhabitants of the ancient world, the Romans practiced pagan rituals, believing it important to achieve a state of Pax Deorum (The Peace of the gods) instead of Ira Deorum (The Wrath of the gods). Pax, Domine: peace, lord: lord or master; used as a form of address when speaking to clergy or educated professionals pax ...