From external sources, rather than from the self or the mind ( ab intra). In theology, often indicates something, such as the universe, that was created outside of time.Ī legal term meaning "from without". Thus, "from time immemorial", "since the beginning of time" or "from an infinitely remote time in the past". Literally, "from the everlasting" or "from eternity". Not to be confused with a reductio ad absurdum, which is usually a valid logical argument.Īn inference from an abuse to a use is not valid appeal to ridicule) or that an assertion is false because of its absurdity. Said of an argument that seeks to prove a statement's validity by pointing out the absurdity of an opponent's position (cf. In everyday speech, it denotes something occurring or being known before the event. In philosophy, used to denote something is supposed without empirical evidence. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known or postulated before a proof has been carried out. Presupposed independent of experience, the reverse of a posteriori.
In philosophy, used to denote something known from experience. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known after a proof has been carried out. "From possibility to actuality" or "from being possible to being actual"īased on observation (i.e., empirical knowledge), the reverse of a priori. Similar to the English expressions "from tip to toe" or "from top to toe". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary.įrom Psalm 72:8, " Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae" ( KJV: "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth"). Loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger reason". Legal term from Cicero's De Finibus 4.53.
An argumentum a contrario is an "argument from the contrary", an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite.Ī long time ago. Equally a pedibus usque ad caput.Įquivalent to "on the contrary" or " au contraire". In law, can refer to the obsolete cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos maxim of property ownership ("for whoever owns the soil, it is theirs up to the sky and down to the depths").įrom top to bottom all the way through (colloquially "from head to toe"). Or "from heaven all the way to the center of the earth". This phrase, and its Italian ( beneplacito) and Spanish ( beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure).
#Ad nauseam ad infinitum ad mortem full#
See List of Latin phrases for the main list.Ī B C D E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T U V full Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases,Īs Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of ancient Rome. This page lists English translations of notable Latin phrases,
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