Chapter 3 Flashcards
scilicet
that is to say, namely
sumo, sumere
to take, grasp, understand
ratio, rationis, F.
reason; the act of reasoning; the product of reasoning, concept, notion, idea; plan, pattern; argumentation, proof
The original meaning of “ratio” pertained to business transactions. Subsequently, more figurative meanings developed. From this arose the meanings most commonly employed in scholastic language: plan, method of procedure, nature, kind, notion. By analogy, ratio came to be applied in philosophy to the faculty of the mind responsible for planning, reason itself, and thus also to the products of reason: concept, idea, theory, doctrine, philosophical system, and the act of adducing a proof or of reasoning.
albus, -a, -um
white
albitudo, albitudinis, F.
whiteness
visio, visionis, F.
vision
aliquid
something, anything
patet
it is clear, evident, well known
pendeo, pendere, pependi, –
hang, hang down; depend
quemadmodum
as, just as; to the extent that
adnoto, adnotare, adnotavi, adnotatus
to note, jot down; to notice
e.g. (exempli gratia)
for example
denomino, denominare, denominavi, denominatus
to designate, to give a name to
siquidem (conj.)
accordingly; if indeed
3rd person verbs
Philosophical texts, like modern academic writing, tend to employ verbs in the third person. This gives a tone of objectivity; there is no place for “I,” “you,” and “we” when speaking of carefully reasoned truths. This also makes reading philosophical texts much easier! Be sure to recognize the active verbs ending in -t (he, she, it), -nt (they). The passive 3rd person endings require more care. When you see verbs ending in -tur and -ntur, ask two questions: (1) is the verb ordinary or deponent, (2) is the subject of the verb expressed (e.g., res dicitur alba = “a thing is called white”) or unexpressed/impersonal (e.g., dicitur quod… = “it is said that…).
