- Solvitur ambulando
Solvitur ambulando (
IPA : ("Latin") IPA| [ˈsoːl.wiˌtur ˌaːm.buˈlaːn.do] ; ("RP") IPA|/ˈsɔːlwɪˌtʊə ˌɑːmbʊˈlɑːndəʊ/) is aLatin term which means:
* it is solved by walking
* the problem is solved by a practicalexperiment Douglas Hofstadter 's bookGödel, Escher, Bach contains a dialogue titled "Two-Part Invention" (which itself is inspired byLewis Carroll 's "What the Tortoise Said to Achilles "), whereAchilles says this phrase to Tortoise in order to accentuate that he was indeed successful in overtaking Tortoise in their race to empirically test one of Zeno's paradoxes of motion.The phrase is also cited in "Walking" by H.D. Thoreau, of course in the first meaning.
External links
* http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/solvitur+ambulando
References
*Citation
last1 = Hofstadter| first1 = Douglas R.
title =Gödel, Escher, Bach
publisher = Basic Books
year = 1999
isbn = 0465026567.
*Citation
last1 = Thoreau| first1 = H.D.
title =Walking
year = 1861.
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