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anhedonicanteater
anhedonicanteater asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

What is latin for "Truth for truth's sake"?

What is latin for "Truth for truth's sake"?

'Veritas <whatever the rest of the phrase is>'

And, is this a 'phrase', or when put into latin is it more or less an arbitrary grouping of words like the vast majority of other imaginable sentences.

Thanks

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  • dollhaus
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Veritas gratia veritatis

    Gratia + genitive = 'for the sake of'

  • Doethineb
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Veritas pro veritate

    I have not come across this phrase as a stock phrase elsewhere.

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