10 May 2013

per se

[pur sey, see, per]

adverb

– by, of, for, or in itself; intrinsically: This candidate is not a pacifist per se, but he is in favor of peaceful solutions when practicable. Synonyms: innately, inherently, indigenously, fundamentally.

Origin:
1565–75; < Latin per sē by itself, translation of Greek kath’ autó

Today’s aphorism

The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.

-Eldridge Cleaver

On this day

10 May 2003 – The Golden Gumboot opens in Tully, North Queensland. It stands 7.9m tall and represents the record annual rainfall of 7900mm that Tully received in 1950. Tully is officially Australia’s wettest town.