Sapere aude

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Sapere aude is a Latin phrase meaning "Dare to know" or "Dare to be wise", or sometimes translated as "Have courage to use your own reason". Most famously, it is found in Immanuel Kant's essay "What Is Enlightenment?". The original use seems to be in Epistle II of Horace's Epistularum liber primus ^[1]: Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude ("He who has begun is half done: dare to know!").

It is a frequently used motto. Some users of the motto are listed below.

Contents 1 Globally 2 Australia 3 Belgium 4 Canada 5 Costa Rica 6 Finland 7 India 8 Netherlands 9 New Zealand 10 Poland 11 Russia 12 Sweden 13 United Kingdom 14 United States of America 15 See also 16 Trivia 17 References

[edit] Globally

• Continuum of Humanist Education^[2]
• Society of the Friends of Truth

[edit] Australia

• Wesley College, Melbourne

[edit] Belgium

• UGent University

[edit] Canada

• Alexander von Humboldt, Deutsche Schule Montreal
• Richmond Hill High School, Richmond Hill, Ontario
• University of New Brunswick
• Massey College

[edit] Costa Rica

• Title of the student magazine of the Universidad de Costa Rica

[edit] Finland

• Classical Upper Level Comprehensive School of Tampere
• Finnish sceptic association

[edit] India

• Government Arts College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
• Woodside School in Tamil Nadu

[edit] Netherlands

• Naastenliefde, Vrijheid & Diversiteit

[edit] New Zealand

• University of Otago (and formerly the University of New Zealand)

[edit] Poland

• Academy of Humanities and Economics in Łódź (in Łódź, Poland)

Fundacja Szachowa Polonia in Warsaw, http://www.poloniachess.pl/

[edit] Russia

• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (aka Phystech) in Moscow, Russia

[edit] Sweden

• Karlstad University

[edit] United Kingdom

• Bishop Hugh Oldham, founder of Manchester Grammar School
• Crompton House Church of England School, which is situated in Shaw and Crompton
• Manchester Grammar School
• Torquay Boys' Grammar School (as Aude Sapere)
• Town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
• family motto of the Earl of Macclesfield
• the Library of Uppingham School, Rutland
• Tiffin Girls' School, Kingston-upon-Thames

[edit] United States of America

• Abingdon High School in Virginia
• Federal Way Public Academy in Washington
• County College of Morris
• Renaissance Arts Academy, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California
• Loyola Marymount University Class 2009 Los Angeles, California
• Horry County Schools' Scholars Academy

[edit] See also

• Weimar Classicism

[edit] Trivia

• The "Sapere Aude" is a weapon (rod) in the game "Final Fantasy Tactics Advance".

[edit] References

1. ^ Epistularum liber primus from The Latin Library, line 40
2. ^ http://humanisteducation.com/about.html