Ipse dixit: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

İfadenin Latine hali Romalı filozof ve hatip [[Cicero|Marcus Tullius Cicero]]'nun ''De Natura Deorum'' (Tanrıların Doğası Üzerine) adlı eserinde geçmektedir. Bu aslında Pythagorasçı[[Pythagoras]]çı cemaatin kullandığı αὐτὸς ἔφα (autos epha) ifadesinin çevirisidir. Pythagorasçı cemaatin üyeleri, neden ya da kanıtlara dayanarak konuşmak yerine liderin ifadeleri üzerinden bir otoriye dayanma eğilimindeydi.<ref>Poliziano, Angelo. (2010). [https://books.google.com/books?id=AAR2oNDiQkwC&pg=PA26&dq=De+Natura+Deorum+ipse+dixit&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9DPHUKC_KbK30gGvyIDoDw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=De%20Natura%20Deorum%20ipse%20dixit&f=false ''Angelo Poliziano's Lamia: Text, Translation, and Introductory Studies,'' p. 26] {{Webarşiv|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628062853/http://books.google.com/books?id=AAR2oNDiQkwC&pg=PA26&dq=De+Natura+Deorum+ipse+dixit&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9DPHUKC_KbK30gGvyIDoDw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=De%20Natura%20Deorum%20ipse%20dixit&f=false |tarih=28 Haziran 2014 }}; excerpt, "In Cicero's ''De natura deorum,'' as well as in other sources, the phrase “Ipse dixit” pointed to the notion that Pythagoras's disciples would use that short phrase as justification for adopting a position: if the master had said it, it was enough for them and there was no need to argue further."</ref>