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Glossary

Introduction

By default, the meaning of the words I use is the one defined in the current version of the Webster. This glossary is therefore only for exceptions:

- a few neologisms I feel forced to use, to improve the language (this is mostly on the French side of the web site);
- words that are in the dictionary, but that are not normally used with the precise meaning that interests me;
- Latin expressions;
- etc.

Abusus non tollit usum

"The fact something can be improperly used, is not the proof that such a thing is inherently evil", in Latin.

Belief

See 100% of all religions are false (± 1%)

Bonum ex integra causa, malum ex quolibet defectu

Good requires the integrity of the elements; evil comes from any shortcoming. For example, for a car to be bad, it doesn't need to have a broken engine AND have a wheel fall off AND bad brakes. Just one of these defects is enough. And of course, the same car can have many defects all at once! See also [Summa Theologica, Ia-IIae, q. 18, a. 4, ad. 3].

Ceteris paribus

"All else being equal" in Latin. Science is impossible without "ceteris paribus", otherwise you end up comparing apples with oranges. See here, here, etc.

Opinion

See 100% of all religions are false (± 1%)

Solidarity, Principle of

See "Subsidiarity, Principle of".

Subsidiarity, Principle of

Autority must be "decentralized" to "inferior" societies when appropriate. Opposite of "Solidarity, Principle of". (See The Principles Of Solidarity And Subsidiarity.)

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