You're on earth, there's no cure for that!

Samuel Beckett

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The human condition

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Hamm

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Endgame

Medium

Play

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

French

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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Ireland Europe

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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. Fin de partie. Directed by Roger Blin. Performed by Roger Blin, Jean Martin, Georges Adet, and Christine Tsingos. 3 Apr. 1957, Royal Court Theatre, London, England, UK.

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To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone... We conclude that, in the field of public education, the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

Earl Warren

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Medium
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Legal writing
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English
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
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Warren, Earl. United States, Supreme Court. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. United States Reports, vol. 347, 17 May 1954, pp. 483-496. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/347/483/.

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Sic transit gloria mundi.

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Impermanence Mortality Vanitas The human condition
Language
Latin
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Another quote originally in French

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Suicide Purpose of life Philosophy

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Albert Camus
Source
The Myth of Sisyphus
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.