I was amazed to hear Chris Phillips, who has written books on Socrates, say he did not know the origin of the word patriotism. It comes from the Latin "patria," as in "America est patria mea," the first sentence I learned in high school Latin.
Jean Gogolin
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I was amazed to hear Chris Phillips, who has written books on Socrates, say he did not know the origin of the word patriotism. It comes from the Latin "patria," as in "America est patria mea," the first sentence I learned in high school Latin.
Jean Gogolin