Philosophy:Docendo discimus

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Docendo discimus is a Latin proverb meaning "by teaching, we learn."

It is perhaps derived from Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – 65 AD), who says in his Letters to Lucilius (Book I, letter 7, section 8): Homines dum docent discunt., meaning "Men learn while they teach."

Motto

Docendo discimus is the motto of the following institutions:

References

  1. "Over | Christiaan Huygens" (in nl). http://www.christiaanhuygens.nl/over/. 
  2. (in Swedish) Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård : H PARAD 6 2016. Stockholm: Försvarsmakten. 2017. p. 63. LIBRIS 22459606. http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/handbocker/h-parad-6-2017.pdf. 
  • Heimbach, Elizabeth. Latin Everywhere, Everyday: A Latin Phrase Workbook. Bolchazy-Carducci: 2004. ISBN:978-0-86516-572-4.
  • Stone. Jon, R. The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs, and Sayings. Routledge: 2004. ISBN:978-0-415-96908-6.