APLang Q2 FL2

Bildung

the lifelong process of self-cultivation, personal growth, and moral/character development

Cogito, ergo sum

"I think, therefore I am"

Cura te ipsum

"cure yourself" or "take care of yourself"

Déjà vu

strange, compelling sensation or illusion of having already experienced/seen a current situation, place, or event

Demiurge

an autonomous creative force, decisive power, or a person/group driving a major creative idea

Demos

common people of an Ancient Greek state

Dialectic

method of debate where opposing ideas are examined to reach conclusions

Doxa

popular opinion/belief

Ecce homo

"behold the man", present/highlight a person

E pluribus unum

"one out of many" or "out of many, one"

Eschatology

branch of theology that studies death and judgement

Ex post facto

"after the fact" or "from a thing done afterward", describes something enacted from previous events

Fait accompli

something that has already been done and cant be changed

Felix culpa

an error that has happy consequences

Gestalt

a whole understood as more than the sum of its parts

Glossa

explanation or interpretation of a word or passage

Mimesis

simulation of a subject/behavior/appearance/symptom

Raison d'être

most important reason for someone's existence

Status quo

"the state in which", the situation as it is now

Sui generis

unique, different from all other people/things