per alia

adverb

By others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.

“If humans are mortal, and Socrates is a human, then per alia Socrates is mortal.”

OriginLatin per alia →
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Meanings

adverbper alia (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy others; through others. Said of a proposition held to be true because it follows from other true propositions.

    If humans are mortal, and Socrates is a human, then per alia Socrates is mortal.

Origin

  1. Latinper alia
  2. Englishper alia

Borrowed from Latin per alia, from per (“by; through”) + alia (“others”).

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