The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic

The mind Education Learning

Author

Plutarch

Source

Of Listening Moralia

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Greek

Time

2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Historian Philosopher Writer

From

Greece Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Plutarch. "Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν [On Hearing]." Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "On Listening." Essays. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
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Current Citation

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Current Citation

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For the one thing even God cannot do is change the past.

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Author

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Source
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 1
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Kenny Rogers
Source
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Medium
Song
Genre
Country music
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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