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Esse quam videri is a Latin phrase meaning "To be, rather than to seem." It has been used as a motto by a number of different groups. Esse quam videri is found in Cicero 's essay On Friendship (Laelius de Amicitia, chapter 98).
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esse est percipi: to be is to be perceived: Motto of George Berkeley for his subjective idealist philosophical position that nothing exists independently of its perception by a mind except minds themselves. esse quam videri: to be, rather than to seem: Truly being a thing, rather than merely seeming to be a thing. The motto of many institutions.
20 Ιουν 2011 · Esse quam videri. [ quam : than; how ] The quam here expresses the idea of comparison: to be (rather) than to seem. This is the motto of the state of North Carolina, as you can read about in this Wikipedia article .
The phrase esse quam videri is from Cicero’s essay On Friendship (Laelius de Amicitia, ch 98): Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt. Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
The meaning of ESSE QUAM VIDERI is to be rather than to seem —motto of North Carolina.
Esse quam videri is a Latin phrase that means "To be, rather than to seem". It has been used as a motto by a number of different groups. It is the state motto of North Carolina, adopted in 1893.
