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  • In like manner the Tree of Life or of Knowledge was the tree also of Death, or of Good and of Evil, _arbor cogniti boni et mali_, and, according to the Rabbis, of sexual generation, from eating of which the first parents became self-conscious.

    The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

  • While here he published his famous map of the world entitled "Nova et universalior orbis cogniti tabula".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Saint Thomas says, "Omnes cognitio fit secundum similitudinem cogniti in cognoscente."

    Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911

  • COPY the reality -- cognitio fit per assimiliationem cogniti et cognoscentis; and philosophy, without having ever fairly sat down to the question, seems to have instinctively accepted this idea: propositions are held true if they copy the eternal thought; terms are held true if they copy extra-mental realities.

    Meaning of Truth William James 1876

  • "Melius aditus portusque per commercia et negotiatores cogniti."

    The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 Jonathan Swift 1706

  • A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of cogniti ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

  • Consuming fish at least once a week was associated with a 10 percent per year slower rate of cogniti ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of cogniti ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • Consuming fish at least once a week was associated with a 10 percent per year slower rate of cogniti ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of cogniti ...

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

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