Hotel Review: Hotel Veritas, in Cambridge, Mass.
By FRED A. BERNSTEIN
If Harvard had a hotel school, its summa cum laude graduates would want to work at Veritas.
Veritas 哈佛大學校訓真理
媚俗者將veritas 翻譯成"美麗踏實"而自得
VIA, VERITAS, VITA"
In Roman mythology, Veritas, meaning truth, was the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn and the mother of Virtue. It was believed that she hid in the bottom of a holy well because she was so elusive. Her image is shown as a young virgin dressed in white.[1] Veritas is also the name given to the Roman virtue of truthfulness, which was considered one of the main virtues any good Roman should have possessed. InGreek mythology, Veritas was known as Aletheia.
This Latin word now appears in the mottos of many colleges and universities. Veritas is the motto ofHarvard University, Drake University and the prestigious Scotland independent school Fettes College, as well as the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church, and Providence College which is run by the Dominicans. Caldwell College in Caldwell, New Jersey issues a "Veritas Award" each year in honor of the Dominican Sisters who founded and administer the college. "Veritas" is included in the motto of Indiana University and Yale University, Lux et Veritas ("Light and Truth"). It also appears on the California State University's motto Vox Veritas Vita ("Speak the Truth as a way of Life"). Veritas Curat ("Truth Cures") is the motto of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, a prominent medical school in Pondicherry, India. Howard University, in Washington, DC, goes by the motto "Veritas et Utilitas", translated to "Truth and Service".
Pronunciation: \ˌmäg-nä-ˌest-ˈwā-ri-ˌtäs-et-ˌprī-wä-ˈlā-bit\
Function: foreign term
Etymology: Latin
: truth is mighty and will prevail
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