The happiest life consists in ignorance.

ἐν τῷ φρονεῖν γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος.

Sophocles

Ajax

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Topic

Ignorance is bliss Ignorance Happiness

Speaker

Ajax

Author

Sophocles

Source

Ajax

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

Language

Greek

Time

442 BC 440s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Sophocles. Αἴας [Ajax]. c. 441 BCE, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Ajax." Electra and Other Plays, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life.

James Joyce

The Egoist

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Happiness Contentment Being carefree

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James Joyce
Source
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Egoist
Medium
Novel Magazine
Genre
Modernist literature
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 4.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

For I am the Lord, I change not.

Malachi 3:6

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Nature of God God
Source
Malachi The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
424 BC 420s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Malachi 3:6).

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Socrates

Quoted in Theaetetus, by Plato

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Curiosity Wonder Philosophy
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Theaetetus
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Socrates. Quoted in Θεαίτητος [Theaetetus], written by Plato. c. 369 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Theaetetus, written by Plato, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Another quote originally in Greek

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.

Phocylides

Quoted in Politics, by Aristotle

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Topic
Middle class Political community Political theory
Speaker
Phocylides

Author

Aristotle
Source
Politics
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Phocylides. Quoted in Politics, written by Aristotle. 4th century BC, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Phocylides. Quoted in Politics, written by Aristotle, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 4.