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Sapere aude “ is a Latin phrase meaning “ Dare to know “ or also “Dare to be wise “, or sometimes translated as “ Have the courage to use your own reason”. Most famously, it is found in Immanuel Kant’s essay “What is Enlightment?”.
The original use seems to be in Epistle II of Horace’s Epistularum liber primus, line 40:
“ Dimidium facti qui coepit habet: sapere aude ”
( He who has begun is half done: dare to know! )
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