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- noun law (in ancient Rome) A
commission toinquire into acriminal matter given to acitizen (thequaesitor ) who then reported to whoever appointed him.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most typographic historians contend that the design for the question mark was derived from an abbreviation of the Latin word quaestio, which simply means 'what'.
June 2005 2005
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Most typographic historians contend that the design for the question mark was derived from an abbreviation of the Latin word quaestio, which simply means 'what'.
No Excuses 2005
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Lambertini, R. (2003), "L'economia e la sua etica: la 'quaestio' di Gregorio da Rimini su debito ed usura," in Gregorio da Rimini.
Gregory of Rimini Schabel, Christopher 2007
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Thomas Aquinas distinguished between a demonstratio quia and a demonstratio propter quid (cf. Summa Theologiae I, quaestio 2, art. 2).
Slices of Matisse gerard varni 2009
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According to Italos (quaestio 19), things that do not subsist (anupostata) but depend on mere thought are not beings.
Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008
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For this purpose he draws what he takes to be Aristotle's distinction between two senses of something's being incorporeal (quaestio 8):
Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008
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Unlike the medieval quaestio format, where there was a real issue being pursued and a real conflict of opposing views, there seems to be nothing like that going on in a positio.
Medieval Theories of Obligationes Spade, Paul Vincent 2008
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Contra Gentiles is not the quaestio but a more affirmative defense of specific positions and against specific heresies.
Literary Forms of Medieval Philosophy Sweeney, Eileen 2008
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In quaestio 5, for instance, Italos talks about the same three types of genera in the same order, but a certain detail of his account proves to be quite intriguing.
Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008
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Haec quaestio multos per annos varie, ac mirabiliter impugnata, &c. 1006.
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