stupidus

The post on the Ship of Fools at "Giornale Nuovo" reminds me of this delightful essay on the twenty or so different kinds of fools that Aquinas discusses in his works, from the insipiens to the stolidus to the stupidus to the fatuus.

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The post on the Ship of Fools at "Giornale Nuovo" reminds me of this delightful essay on the twenty or so different kinds of fools that Aquinas discusses in his works, from the insipiens to the stolidus to the stupidus to the fatuus.

Fools, Fools, and More Fools 2005

"Ovis, drachma, filius perditus: peccator stupidus, sui plane nescius, sciens et voluntarius."

The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot

'Hecyra quom datast nova, ei novom intervenit vitium et calamitas, ut neque spectari neque cognosci potuerit: ita populus studio stupidus in funambulo animum occuparat.'

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

If the stone is in the kidney, the foot of the side affected is numb (_stupidus_), the spine on the affected side is sore and there is difficulty of micturition and considerable gravelly sediment in the urine.

Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

Homo stupidus, the stupid man; and finally Homo sapiens.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

He finds it in the Fabrica Linguæ Arab. of Germanus of Silesia (p. 786) = ignavis, hebes, stupidus, esp. a coward.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

And that is why people like you are an endangered species – homo stupidus.

Think Progress » Protesting Health Reform, GOP Attempts To Bring Senate Hearings To A Standstill By Blocking All Proceedings 2010

How many times has this piece of crap been printed here on FR? they found it was a hominid called homo stupidus.

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