Per Scientiam Ad Meliora
My school’s motto. Those four Latin words have been rattling around my head for twenty-five years. We were told it meant “through knowledge to better things”. I’ve loved it since the headmaster explained it on the first day.
Three thoughts:
- It’s a pretty good motto for a PhD. Whatever your experience during the PhD, good or bad, after the viva you’re headed to better.
- What’s your knowledge? You’ve done a lot. What have you introduced to the world that wasn’t there before?
- What could “better” be? Your thesis has to be good by the end. What are you going to do to top it after the viva?
However far you’ve come, you can go further.
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