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ab ovo
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from the egg; from the beginning
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ad hoc
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improvised; for a specific occasion
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ad hominem
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personal, relating to an individual
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ad nauseum
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to the point of sickness or disgust
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ante bellum
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the period before a war especially the American Civil War
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apocrypha
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things that have been hidden; hidden things especially applied to parts of the Bible which have been excluded from the authorized version
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a posteriori
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the reasoning from effects to causes, reasoning based on past experience
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a priori
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deductive reasoning from causes to effects, ie without reference to experience
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argumentum ad crumenam
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argument appealing to self interest
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argumentum as ignorantium
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argument based on an adversary's ignorance
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argumentum ad hominem
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argument based on personal slander or praise which obscures the real points at issue
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argumentum ad individuaium
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argument that appeals to mens' predjudice
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argumentum ad populum
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argument appealing to the crowd
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argumentum ex silentio
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argument out of silence; argument based on the absence of firm evidence
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ariston metron
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the middle course is the best; the golden mean should be pursued
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carpe diem
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to sieze the day, enjoy the day
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catharsis
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cleansing from the guilt purgiing of emotion through pity or fear, purification
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caveat emptor
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let him beware, let the buyer beware
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cogito ergo sum
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I think therefore I am; assumption used by Descartes
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consensus facit legitum
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consent makes the law
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credo quia impossible
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I believe because it is impossible; faith must supplant reason
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de facto
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existing by fact, and not by choice or right
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deus ex machina
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god from a machine; being or device
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ergo
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therefore
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et cetera
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and the rest; and so forth
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et tu, Brute
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you as well, Brutus; alleged exclamation of Caesar; exclamation of an act of treachery
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ex post facto
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after the fact, retrospectively; by the reason of something having been done afterwards
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facta non verba
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deeds not words; actions not speeches
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fiat justitia, ruet caelum
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let justice be done, through the heavens fall in ruin
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flagrante delicto
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in the heat of the crime; in the act, in compromising circumstances
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fortuna favet fortibus
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fortune favors the strong
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fortuna nulla fides frontis
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do not trust in appearance
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gnothi seauton
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know thyself; this maxim was written over the door of the Delphic Oravle and taken up by the Sophists
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gratis
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for nothing; without reward, free, gratuitous
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habeas corpus
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write requiring the appearance of a prisoner in court to determine the leaglity of his detention; crucial tenet of British justice, introuduced by the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, which does not allow police to hold a person for more than a short period without a court deciding that his detention is justified
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hamartia
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failure, tragic flaw, defect of character which brings disaster upon its bearer
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hubris
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insolent or overweening pride leading to disaster; a refusal to accept the authority of the gods, leading to disaster
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ibid
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see ibidem
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ibidem
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the same; occurring in the same text
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igorantia legis neminem excusat
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ignorance of the law is not an excuse
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incipit
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the beginning of the text
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in media res
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in the middle, in the midst of affairs
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in toto
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as a whole, in its entirety, completely
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intra vires
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within one's jurisdiction or authority
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in vino veritas
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in wine there is truth
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ipso facto
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by the fact itself, intrinsically
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ipso jure
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by law, by judgment
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lapsus calami
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slip of the pen
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lapsus linguae
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slip of the tongue
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lapsus memoriae
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lapse of fault of memory
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logos
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word, reason, argument; the Word
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magnum opus
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most important work
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mea culpa
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I am guilty; admission of guilt
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meden agan
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nothing in excess; in moderation
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memento mori
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reminder of death; remember that you must die
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mens' sana in corpore sano
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a healthy mind in a healthy body
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modus operandi
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method of operation
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mores
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conduct, morals, customs
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non sequitur
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it does not follow; something which does not follow from that expressed before
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obscurum per oscurius
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explanation of something obscure by means of osmething even more obscure
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per diem
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per day, each day
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peripateia
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turning point; sudden change of fortune
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per se
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by itself, inherently
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persona grata
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welcome person, acceptable person
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persona non grada
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person not welcome
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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the fallacy that temporal succession implies casual relationship
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post mortem
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after death
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quid pro quo
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something for something; compensation for a concession
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quo jure
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by what right, on what authority?
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quo vadis
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where are you going? where are you heading?
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reductio ad absurdum
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method of disproving a proposition by assuming a conclusion to be incorrect and working back to find a contradiction
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rigor mortis
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stiffness of a corpse
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salus populi suprema lex est
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the safety of the people is the supreme law
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sic
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so, thus, as it was, in this way; inserted into a text to indicate an anomaly or misspeliing which occurs throughout a text and has not been corrected for the purpose of quotation
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si vis pacem para bellum
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if you want peace, prepare for war
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stupor mundi
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world of the world
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veni, vini, vici
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I came, I saw, I conquered; statement attributed to Caesar
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verbatim
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word for word; as it was written
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