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  • A comedy would scarcely allow even the two Antipholises; because, although there have been instances of almost indistinguishable likeness in two persons, yet these are mere individual accidents, 'casus ludentis naturæ', and the 'verum' will not excuse the 'inverisimile'.

    Literary Remains, Volume 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

  • The most suitable way of defining a system S of many-valued logic is to fix the characteristic logical matrix for its language, i.e. to fix: the set of truth degrees, the truth degree functions which interpret the propositional connectives, the meaning of the truth degree constants, the semantical interpretation of the quantifiers, and additionally, the designated truth degrees, which form a subset of the set of truth degrees and act as substitutes for the traditional truth value "verum".

    Many-Valued Logic Gottwald, Siegfried 2004

  • When the funeral oratory fades away, and the day comes for nil nisi verum in place of nil nisi bonum, I anticipate that history will see Edward Moore Kennedy as a man who squandered his golden opportunities, partly owing to egregious faults of character but more because he espoused no coherent ideas.

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • The Economist has concerns about "the ethics and realpolitik of assassination," yet the lack of any significant international criticism of the operation against OBL's compound flies in the face of any legalistic or moralistic concerns and demonstrates that we are de facto conforming to the principle of verum esse ipsum factum Giambattista Vico, 1668-1744.

    Amir Madani: How to Bring Jihadist Fundamentalism to Its End Amir Madani 2011

  • When the funeral oratory fades away, and the day comes for nil nisi verum in place of nil nisi bonum, I anticipate that history will see Edward Moore Kennedy as a man who squandered his golden opportunities, partly owing to egregious faults of character but more because he espoused no coherent ideas.

    An Old Oligarch Passes On 2009

  • When the funeral oratory fades away, and the day comes for nil nisi verum in place of nil nisi bonum, I anticipate that history will see Edward Moore Kennedy as a man who squandered his golden opportunities, partly owing to egregious faults of character but more because he espoused no coherent ideas.

    History 2010

  • The Economist has concerns about "the ethics and realpolitik of assassination," yet the lack of any significant international criticism of the operation against OBL's compound flies in the face of any legalistic or moralistic concerns and demonstrates that we are de facto conforming to the principle of verum esse ipsum factum Giambattista Vico, 1668-1744.

    Amir Madani: How to Bring Jihadist Fundamentalism to Its End Amir Madani 2011

  • Other music will include 2 specially composed fanfares by Colin Mawby, a former Master of Music, and his setting of Ave verum corpus.

    Update on Some Liturgical Details for the Installation of Archbishop Vincent Nichols 2009

  • The Economist has concerns about "the ethics and realpolitik of assassination," yet the lack of any significant international criticism of the operation against OBL's compound flies in the face of any legalistic or moralistic concerns and demonstrates that we are de facto conforming to the principle of verum esse ipsum factum Giambattista Vico, 1668-1744.

    Amir Madani: How to Bring Jihadist Fundamentalism to Its End Amir Madani 2011

  • Ave, cuius nativitas [Hail, whose birth] nostra fuit solemnitas, [brought us joy] ut lucifer lux oriens [as light-bearing morning star] verum solem praeveniens. [went before the true sun]

    Josquin's Ave Maria 2009

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