㊫ Sapere Aude

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• This is a discussion “thread” for proposing philosophical treatise or discourse topics which might warrant additional analysis in order to better enhance＆augment the PANSOPHOS project’s mission. 𑗊

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“Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet; sapere aude, incipe.” － Epistularum Liber Primus ab Quintus Horatius Flaccus (“Horace”), 20 ʙ.ᴄ.ᴇ.

• The phrase is the moral to a story in which a fool waits for a stream to cease flowing, before attempting to cross it. In saying, “He who begins is half done. Dare to know, begin!”, the Roman poet “Horace” suggests the value of human endeavour, of persistence in reaching a goal, of the need for effort to overcome obstacles. Moreover, the laconic Latin of “Sapere aude” also can be loosely translated as the English phrase “Dare to be wise”.