- In
general usage, a
dictum (lit. 'something that has been said' in Latin;
plural dicta) is an
authoritative or
dogmatic statement. In some contexts, such...
-
Obiter dictum (usually used in the plural,
obiter dicta) is the
Latin phrase meaning "by the way", that is, a
remark in a
judgment that is "said in p****ing"...
- The
Dictum of Kenilworth,
issued on 31
October 1266, was a
pronouncement designed to
reconcile the
rebels of the
Second Barons' War with the
royal government...
-
coined the
phrase "tough and competent",
which became known as the "Kranz
Dictum".
Kranz has been the
subject of movies, do****entary films, and
books and...
- Hickam's
dictum is a
counterargument to the use of Occam's
razor in the
medical profession.
While Occam's
razor suggests that the
simplest explanation...
- Chekhov's gun (Russian: Чеховское ружьё) is a
dramatic principle that
states that
every element in a
story must be necessary, and
irrelevant elements should...
- In
Aristotelian logic,
dictum de omni et
nullo (Latin: "the
maxim of all and none") is the
principle that
whatever is
affirmed or
denied of a
whole kind...
- living" (Ancient Gr****: ὁ ... ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ) is a
famous dictum apparently uttered by
Socrates at his
trial for
impiety and
corrupting youth...
- John
Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st
Baron Acton, 13th
Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO, DL (10
January 1834 – 19 June 1902),
better known as Lord Acton, was...
-
Hegelianism is the
philosophy of G. W. F.
Hegel which can be
summed up by the
dictum that "the
rational alone is real",
which means that all
reality is capable...