How To Exit Your Body by Christopher Maxim

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'. 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.įrom top to bottom all the way through. Or 'from heaven all the way to the center of the earth'. This phrase is synonymous with the more common ad libitum ('at pleasure'). The contents of the list cannot be edited here, and are kept automatically in synch with the divided lists (A-E), (F-O) and (P-Z) through template inclusion. This list is a combination of the three divided pages, for users who have no trouble loading large pages and prefer a single page to scroll or search through. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of Ancient Rome:Ī B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V This appendix lists direct English translations of Latin phrases. If so, the sections can be reviewed individually: Warning, this page may be too large for some browsers.

How To Exit Your Body by Christopher Maxim