Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

Long life Old age Aging

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting

Medium

Essay

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1727 1720s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. 2nd ed, Vol. 1, London: Sam Fairbrother, 1727.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects (1711)." Jonathan Swift: The Essential Writings, edited by Claude Rawson and Ian Higgins. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.

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The body of
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Printer;
Like the cover of an old Book,
Its Contents torn out,
And stript of its lettering and gilding,
Lies here, food for worms.
But the work shall not be wholly lost:
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In a new & more perfect edition,
Corrected and amended
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Benjamin Franklin
Source
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Medium
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Language
English
Time
1728 1720s 18th century
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Franklin, Benjamin. Epitaph for himself. 1728.

Current Citation

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Language
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Moreover, in a system of two bodies mutually acting upon each other, since the differences between their centres and the common centre of gravity of both are reciprocally as the bodies, the relative motions of those bodies, whether of approaching to or of receding from that centre, will be equal junong themselves. Therefore since the changes which happen to motions are equal and directed to contrary parts.

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Source
Principia
Genre
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Language
Latin
Time
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Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Another quote of the following type Paradox

Nature to be commanded must be obeyed.

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Author

Francis Bacon
Source
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Genre
Philosophical literature
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Language
Latin
Time
1620 1620s 17th century
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Bacon, Francis. Novum Organum. London: John Beale, 1620, bk. 1, no. 3.

Current Citation

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