Aris

Winter said he was betting against Eric in aris . . . ❋ J.F. Lewis (2011)

Inscribed underneath were the words Agripp(ina) Aug(usta) divi Claud(ii) Neronis Caes(aris) mater, “Agrippina Augusta, mother of the divine Claudius Nero Caesar.” ❋ Annelise Freisenbruch (2010)

The genius's drive to create prolifically may be biological, Gardner suggests, "aris [ing] from a temperament that seeks arousal." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Does the life coaching come with a free kick up the aris? ❋ Ms Robinson (2008)

Rome, fought at that time pro aris et focis, for their hearths and altars. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Thus it is that the weakness of our intellect and the perversity of our will lend each other mutual support; and that, generally, a disputant fights not for truth, but for his proposition, as though it were a battle pro aris et focis. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He was a tall, lean, aris-tocralic Naval Academy graduate whose talent lay more in establishing himself as Ie grand phoque at the poolside cocktail bar at the cercle sportif than playing full-contact mud-sucking with the Khmer Rouge. ❋ Marcinko, Richard (1992)

Falstaff's discourse on honor in I Henry IV is a paradoxical redefinition of an aris - tocratic value long unquestioned but, after the decline of active feudalism, a topic for the anti-idealist para - doxists of the Renaissance. ❋ ROSALIE L. COLIE (1968)

This apocalyptic program involved a reformation of the sacerdotal aris - tocracy that controlled the cultus of the Temple at ❋ S. G. F. BRANDON (1968)

Each culture has a life of about a thousand years, in which it passes through four stages, comparable to the four seasons; an agricultural and heroic spring; an aristocratic summer in which towns emerge; an autumn in which cities grow, absolute monarchies subdue aris - tocracies, and philosophy and science flourish; then finally, a winter of plutocracy and political tyranny, made possible by advanced technology and public administration. ❋ ALAN DONAGAN (1968)

Its sociological base in the twentieth century is the complexity, rapidity of change, and conflicts, aris - ing in all institutions and segments of human life; the collective effect is an increase in the need for decision, and the importance of comprehensive standards as contrasted with the rules of specific fields. ❋ ABRAHAM EDEL (1968)

Em - pedocles and his pupils distinguished the madness aris - ing ex purgamento animae from the madness due to bodily ailments, according to E.R. Dodds. ❋ TEDDY BRUNIUS (1968)

* [6764] Hoc quoque notandum, vitulos ad aras humeris hominum allatos non fere litare; sicut nec claudicante, nec aliena hostia placari deos; neque trahente se ab aris. ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)

“Hoc quoque notandum, vitulos ad aras humeris hominum allatos non fere litare; sicut nec claudicante, nec aliena hostia placari deos; neque trahente se ab aris.” — ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)

* [3140] Hoc quoque notandum, vitulos ad aras humeris hominum allatos non fere litare; sicut nec claudicante, nec aliena hostia placari deos; neque trahente se ab aris. ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)

"_Pro aris et pro focis_," from rank to rank shall fly, ❋ Various (N/A)

Ipse equo circumiens, unum quemque nominans appellat, hortatur, rogat, ut meminerint, se contra latrones inermes, pro patria, pro liberis, pro aris atque focis suis certare. ❋ 86 BC-34? BC Sallust (N/A)

They have been artfully misled into the belief that they are engaged in a war altogether defensive -- that they are fighting _pro aris et focis_ -- in short, that they have given themselves up to the holiest work which any people can ever be called on to undertake. ❋ Various (N/A)

It consists of a gold coin of Ferdinand II., dated 1638, surrounded by a row of sixteen brilliants enchased in silver, enriched with blue enamel, and bearing the motto, "_Usque ad aris fidelis_." ❋ Various (N/A)