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During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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State of nature Government Political theory Politics

Author

Thomas Hobbes

Source

Leviathan

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1651 1650s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 13.

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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 13.

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The people are a many-headed beast.

Horace

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Fickleness of the mob The masses

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Horace

Source

Epistles 1

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 2.

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Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 2.

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Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things don't seem the same.

Jimi Hendrix

Purple Haze

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Being high Drugs

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Jimi Hendrix

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Purple Haze Are You Experienced?

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Hendrix, Jimi. Purple Haze. Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Track Records/Reprise Records, 1967.

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Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.

Mark Twain

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Creation of man Human origins Creation

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 33. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

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I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say, "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word."

Al Capone

The Untouchables

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Carrots and sticks Guns

Speaker

Al Capone

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

The Untouchables

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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The Untouchables. Directed by Brian De Palma, Paramount Pictures, 1987.

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Whatever befalls you was prepared for you beforehand from eternity, and the thread of causes was spinning from everlasting both your existence and this which befalls you.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Fate Free will

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Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 10.

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 10.

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The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Limits of language Language

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. "Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung [Logical-Philosophical Treatise]." Annalen der Naturphilosophie [Annales of Natural Philosophy], 1921.

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, translated by Michael Beaney. Oxford University Press, 2023.

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You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Facing one's fears Taking action Courage

Author

Eleanor Roosevelt

Source

You Learn by Living

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Roosevelt, Eleanor. You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life. Harper, 1960.

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I call architecture frozen music.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Architecture

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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German

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1829 1820s 19th century

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "23 Mar. 1829." Gespräche mit Goethe [Conversations with Goethe]. Vol. 2, Leipzig: F. M. Brodhaus, 1836.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "March 23, 1829." Conversations with Goethe, translated by Allen Blunden. Penguin Classics, 2022.

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Both in space and time, we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact—that mystery of mysteries—the first appearance of new beings on this earth.

Charles Darwin

The Voyage of the Beagle

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Origin of life

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Charles Darwin

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The Voyage of the Beagle

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Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

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Darwin, Charles. Journal entry. 8 Oct. 1835.

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Darwin, Charles. "The Voyage of the Beagle." The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the Beagle. Everyman's Library, 2003, ch. 17.

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God is that, the greater than which cannot be conceived.

Saint Anselm

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Nature of God God

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Saint Anselm

Language

Latin

Time

1078 1070s 11th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Saint Anselm. Proslogium [Proslogion]. c. 1078, ch. 3.

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Saint Anselm. "Proslogion." Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works, edited by Brian Davies and G. R. Evans. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 3.

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The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.

Pope Francis

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Asking for forgiveness Forgiveness of sins Forgiveness

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Pope Francis

Source

Catholic News Agency

Medium

Sermon

Language

Italian

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Pope Francis. "God Never Tires of Forgiving Us, Pope Reflects." Catholic News Agency, 28 Mar. 2014. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/god-never-tires-of-forgiving-us-pope-reflects. Originally a mass meeting. 28 Mar. 2014, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

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Despite of it all, the Negro remains like iron or granite, cool, strong, imperturbable and cheerful.

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Black Americans

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Frederick Douglass

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The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

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Douglass, Frederick. "The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free." Twenty-first anniversary of Emancipation. 16 April 1883, Congregational Church, Washington, DC, USA.

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But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."

Jesus

Matthew 19:14

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Jesus and children Children Kingdom of God

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Jesus

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Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:14).

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Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature—opposition to it, is [in?] his love of justice.

Abraham Lincoln

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Slavery Justice Nature of God Human nature

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Abraham Lincoln

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The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the Property of its Restoration: Speech in Reply to Senator Douglas

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the Property of its Restoration: Speech in Reply to Senator Douglas." 16 Oct. 1854, Peoria, IL, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854." Lincoln Speeches, edited by Allen C. Guelzo and Richard Beeman. Penguin, 2012.

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The right of the people to be secure...against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause.

Bill of Rights

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Fourth Amendment Criminal justice system

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Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

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United States Constitution. Amend. 4.

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The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Written by Delegates of The Constitutional Convention. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 4.

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I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and gay,
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me today.

West Side Story

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Good mood Felt cute

Speaker

Maria (West Side Story)

Actor

Natalie Wood

Source

West Side Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Musical (film) Drama Musical

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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West Side Story. Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, Seven Arts Productions/The Mirisch Company, 1961.

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Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Truth Thinking for oneself

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 2, ch. 9.

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I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship; three for society. When visitors came in larger and unexpected numbers there was but the third chair for them all, but they generally economized the room by standing up.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Simple living

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Visitors Walden

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Visitors." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Visitors." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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It will not be denied, that power is of an encroaching nature, and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.

James Madison

Federalist 48

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Nature of power Power Checks and balances Political theory Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 48 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 48: These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other." New York Packet, 1 Feb. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 48: Some blending of powers is necessary.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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