Latin Phrase:
sapere aude
Dare to be wise.
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sapere aude
Sapere aude is a Latin phrase meaning "Dare to know" or "Dare to be wise", or sometimes translated as "Have courage to use your own reason". Most famously, it is found in Immanuel Kant's essay "What Is Enlightenment?" as the motto of the Enlightenment. The original use seems to be in Epistle II of Horace's Epistularum liber primus [1]: Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude ("He who has begun is half done: dare to know!").
It is a frequently used motto. Some users of the motto are listed below.
Globally
Australia
Belgium
- UGent University
Canada
- Alexander von Humboldt, Deutsche Schule Montreal
- Richmond Hill High School, Richmond Hill, Ontario
- University of New Brunswick
- Massey College
- Elizabeth Ballantyne School, Montreal-West
Croatia
- Motto of Croatian Intelligence Agency
Costa Rica
- Title of a student magazine from the Universidad de Costa Rica
Finland
- Classical Upper Level Comprehensive School of Tampere
- Finnish sceptic association
India
- Government Arts College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Woodside School in Tamil Nadu
- St. Francis De Sales High School, Nagpur Maharashtra
Netherlands
New Zealand
- University of Otago (and formerly the University of New Zealand)
Poland
Russia
Sweden
United Kingdom
- Bishop Hugh Oldham, founder of Manchester Grammar School
- Crompton House Church of England School, which is situated in Shaw and Crompton
- Manchester Grammar School
- Torquay Boys' Grammar School (as Aude Sapere)
- Torquay Girls' Grammar School (as Aude Sapere)
- Town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. (the "Aude" being pronounced "Owd" is a pun on the town's name in the local dialect).
- Durham Johnston Comprehensive School, Durham
- family motto of the Earl of Macclesfield
- the Library of Uppingham School, Rutland
- Lutterworth Grammar School, Leicestershire
- Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston-upon-Thames
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn motto of William Wynn Westcott
- Barnhill Community High School, Greater London, Yeading
United States of America
- Abingdon High School in Virginia
- Federal Way Public Academy in Washington
- County College of Morris
- Renaissance Arts Academy, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California
- Loyola Marymount University Class 2009 Los Angeles, California
- Horry County Schools' Scholars Academy
- Cajon High School, San Bernardino, California
- Westchester Community College
- J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia
- South Albany High School in Albany, Oregon
- The Field School, Washington, D.C.
- Morris County Firefighters Training Academy, Parsippany, New Jersey
See also
Trivia
- The "Sapere Aude" is a weapon (rod) in the game "Final Fantasy Tactics Advance".
References
- ^ Epistularum liber primus from The Latin Library, line 40
- ^ http://humanisteducation.com/about.html
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