ORIGINAL ENGLISH PASSAGE
The name "Mentat" is derived from mentis, meaning "of the mind" in Latin, an ancient Terran language. The founder of the Order of Mentats, Gilbertus Albans (1192-1294), a logician and philosopher of interstellar repute, coined the term to refer to those fully trained and proficient in the techniques he prescribed for the Order. For thousands of years, society thought of Mentats as the embodiment of logic and reason.
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MENTAT ORGANIZATION
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