What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul.

Joseph Addison

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Education

Author

Joseph Addison

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1711 1710s 18th century

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Addison, Joseph. "Tuesday, November 6, 1711." The Spectator, 1711, no. 215.

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It may be said likewise in respect of perfect wisdom, which is no less orderly than mathematics, that if there were not the best among all possible worlds, God would not have produced any.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Theodicy

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Theodicy

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Source
Theodicy
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosopical literature
Statement Type
Problem of evil
Language
English
Time
1710 1710s 18th century
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Citation

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm. Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God and Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil. 1710, pt. 1.

Another quote about Education

A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism

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Downsides of education Education Ignorance

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Alexander Pope
Source
An Essay on Criticism
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1711 1710s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pope, Alexander, published anonymously. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, pt. 2, l. 215-218.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, I. 215-218.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca the Younger

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Topic
Goals Aimlessness

Author

Seneca the Younger
Source
Letters of Seneca the Younger
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. "Letter 71: On the Supreme Good." Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral letters to Lucilius]. 65.

Current Citation

Seneca the Younger. "Letter 71: On the Supreme Good." Seneca's Letters from a Stoic. Translated by Richard Mott Gummere. Dover Publications, 2016.