- "Felix, qui
potuit rerum cognoscere causas" is
verse 490 of Book 2 of the "Georgics" (29 BC), by the
Latin poet
Virgil (70 - 19 BC). It is
literally translated...
- from the "Exsultet" of the
Catholic liturgy for the
Easter Vigil felix qui
potuit rerum cognoscere causas happy is he who can
ascertain the
causes of things...
- and that it was also
appropriate in view of her role as
Mother of God:
Potuit, decuit, fecit, "it was possible, it was ****ing,
therefore it was done"...
-
Justini historiæPhilippicæ: ****
versionse anglica, ad verbum,
quantum fieri potuit, facta, or, The
history of Justin; with an
English translation, as literal...
- huc
usque nota,
eorumque varietates : ad
ductum naturae,
quantum fieri potuit disposita. Roterodami: C.R. Hake. p. 157. Reichenbach, H. G. L. (1846)....
-
gives consent.
Sometimes accompanied by the
proviso "ubi
loqui debuit ac
potuit", that is, "when he
ought to have
spoken and was able to". Pope Boniface...
- coniungerentur, effugavit. Qui
amplam partem exercitus amissam ****
quibus potuit fugiens ad
Burgundzonum gentem vicinam Romanisque in eo
tempore foederatam...
- scias, hospes,
ubinam terrarum SCHONBERGENSIS cineres delites****. Plus
potuit fama
virtutis apud
alienos quam
sanguinis proximitas apud suos. A.D. 1731...
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philosophical basis was lacking.
Citing Anselm of Canterbury's principle, "
potuit, decuit, ergo fecit" (He [i.e., God]
could do it, it was appropriate, therefore...
-
Survival Silence Prayer Suffering Faith God is not
mocked Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum ("The
practice of
religion leads people to
practice evil...
