What I know most surely about morality and the duty of man I owe to sport.

Ce que finalment je sais de plus sur la morale et les obligations des hommes, c'est au sport que je le dois, c'est au RUA que je l'ai appris

Albert Camus

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Sports Morality

Speaker

Albert Camus

Source

La belle époque RUA Magazine

Language

French

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Camus, Albert. "La Belle Époque [The Beautiful Era]." RUA Magazine, 15 Apr. 1953.

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Another quote by Albert Camus

A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers.

Albert Camus

The Fall

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Modern life

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Fall
Medium
Novel
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Camus, Albert. La Chute [The Fall]. Editions Gallimard, 1956.

Another quote from the 1970s

I am haunted by waters.

Norman Maclean

A River Runs Through It

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Topic
Man and nature Water

Author

Norman Maclean
Source
A River Runs Through It
Medium
Novella
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1976 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Maclean, Norman. "A River Runs Through it." A River Runs Through It and Other Stories. University of Chicago Press, 1976.

Another quote about Morality

What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party.

Thrasymachus

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Might makes right Justice Political theory Moral theory Morality
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Thrasymachus

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Thrasymachus. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Thrasymachus. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote originally in French

Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back forever upon himself alone and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Downsides of democracy Democracy

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Alexis de Tocqueville
Source
Democracy in America
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1840, sect. 2, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 2, sect. 2, ch. 2.