"Quot homines tot sententiae" nghĩa là gì?


"Quot homines tot sententiae" = how many men, so many opinions -> nghĩa là rất nhiều ý kiến khác nhau vì mỗi người một ý kiến; 'chín người mười ý'.

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"Quot homines, tot sententiae" (there are as many opinions as there are men) wrote the Afro-Roman playwright (nhà soạn kịch) Terence, in one of the tongues that contributed to English.

“One person’s critic is another person’s crackpot (suy nghĩ lập dị). That they are not united (đoàn kết) in their opinions is ascribable (có thể quy vào) to the Latin saying: quot homines, tot sententiae,” Simon wrote.

As the Latin tag has it: “quot homines, tot sententiae”—there are as many opinions as there are men. But if I worked for the town council of Bournemouth, Britain, I would be in deep doo-doo for using such an elitist (người tin tưởng vào thuyết giáo dục phát triển tinh hoa) language as Latin at all.

Christianity today is ‘inspirational’ and not hierarchical (có tôn ti). It conforms to the Latin adage ‘quot homines tot sententiae’ (as many points of view as there are humans). But this is yet again, only a phase.

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