When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible.

Nathaniel Lee

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Topic

Shadows The sun

Speaker

Oedipus

Author

Nathaniel Lee

Source

Oedipus: A Tragedy

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lee, Nathaniel and John Dryden. Oedipus: A Tragedy. London: R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1679, act 4, sc. 1.

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It therefore comes to pass that everyone is fond of relating his own exploits and displaying the strength both of his body and his mind, and that men are on this account a nuisance one to the other.

Baruch Spinoza

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Topic
Bragging and boasting

Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 3, prop. 55, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 3, prop. 55, note.