Dare to know

Lege: sapere aude

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Sapere aude  is the Latin phrase meaning dare to know; and also is loosely translated as dare to be wise, or even more loosely as dare to think for yourself.

The motto is very appropriate because it was celebrated  Teachers' Day here in  Brazil  at the beginig of this week.  On October 15, 1827, the Emperor Dom Pedro I  created the Elementary Education in Brazil through an Imperial Decree. However, it was only on October 14, 1963 that the celebration of the date was officially made national as a school holiday by Federal Decree 52,682.

The original use of the phrase Sapere aude appears in the First Book of Letters (20 BCE), by the Roman poet Horace; in the second letter, addressed to Lolius, in line 40:

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude, incipe

He who has begun is half done; dare to know; begin!

The phrase is widely used as a motto, especially by educational institutions, below some examples of it's use:

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