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Docendo discimus

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

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. "Men learn while they teach."

Motto

Docendo discimus is the motto of the following institutions:

  • Cherepovets State University in Cherepovets, Russia
  • Stranmillis University College in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • the University of Chichester in West Sussex, England
  • Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington
  • Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont
  • Gillingham School in Dorset, England
  • Novosibirsk State Technical University in Novosibirsk, Russia
  • Dnipropetrovsk National University in Ukraine
  • Federal College of Education Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria.
  • The Alexandru Ioan Cuza National College, Ploieşti, Romania
  • Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria

    • New York International School

    References

    Docendo discimus Wikipedia
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