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Citation for Epictetus quote "what makes men mad"
I'm reading through a textbook on counseling, and they cite Epictetus as saying, "It's not the events of life that make men mad, but rather the view we take of them."
It's a common quote all ...
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What is the source of Plutarch's "Drunkards beget Drunkards?"
I working through an addiction counseling textbook (Addiction counseling, a practical approach). And in it there is a sentence in the text where is says, "The well-known Greek philosopher ...
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Translation closest to original Heraclitus quote "no man steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man"
I know its pretty much impossible to find the original writing, but anything that's close to the original is fine. Or even the orignal translation of someone else paraphrasing him would be cool too.
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Sextus Empiricus and Latin
I am learning Latin from Duolingo and when i finish Duolingo, i am planning to move to Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata, the famous book.
In this context i am wondering that when i finish these two, ...
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"?γεωμ?τρητο? μηδε?? ε?σ?τω" in Latin
Legend has it that the gable of Plato's Academy read: "Let no one enter who is ignorant of geometry" ("?γεωμ?τρητο? μηδε?? ε?σ?τω").
How do you render that in classical Latin? Here ...
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How would Roman name an Übermensch?
I was thinking of "homo superus/superior" but I don’t know which one is better.
I’m referring to the concept introduced by Nietzsche.
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What is "I am not the only conscious being" translated into Latin?
I am translating an unpublished philosophy text into Latin and I am having a little trouble with the following sentence.
I am not the only conscious being.
My first attempt was ēns cōnscius ūnicus ...
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Use of 'eo' in a sentence
I am trying to translate the following from a work on philosophy:
Manifestabo tibi, quod radii, qui fluunt ab unaquaque substantiarum, non sunt praeter intellectum substantialitatis, etsi sint vires, ...
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English translation of a philosophical quote from Spinoza in Latin
Notandum, dari necessario unius cujusque rei existentis certam aliquam CAUSAM, propter quam existit. Et notandum, hanc causam, propter quam aliqua res existit, vel debere contineri in ipsa natura et ...
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Instructional book for the Medieval philosophy student
I'm seeking for a book which contains several fragments of the medieval philosophical works, literally translates them and explains the obscure points for who wants to improve his Latin.
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Are dialogues in ancient texts declared with "He said: ..." and "She said: ..."
I am particularly interested atm in the Edda where it has "Foo spake:" and "Bar spake:" before several of the stanzas. But that's Old Norse. This being a Latin site, I am interested in the Latin Mass ...
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Is Nietzsche's proposed etymology of "bonus" (good) correct?
In the first treatise of On the Genealogy of Morality, §5, Nietzsche proposes the following derivation of bonus (good):
I believe I may interpret the Latin bonus as "the warrior": assuing that ...
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Why did the Romans link Autumn with earth and melancholy, Spring with air and sanguine, and Winter with water and phelgm?
I don't understand the Romans' linking of humor, season, and characteristics for Humours 1-3. E.g. for 1: 1.1. Why'd black bile predominate in autumn (which I agree, is cold and dry)?
1.2. Why'd ...
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How would you translate ? το? ?γαθο? ?δ?α into Latin?
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As a sequel to my previous question, how would you translate ? το? ?γαθο? ?δ?α ("the idea of the good") into Latin? I'm referring to the concept in Plato's Republic, where in Book ...
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Philosophically sound English translation of Duns Scotus's "sed forma non cognoscitur nisi ex operationibus"?
In Libri 1, Quaestio XX, sec. 26, of Duns Scotus's In Octo Libros Physicorum Aristotelis, Duns Scotus gives expression to a common tenet of a doctrine of the Forms when he writes
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