Does Heaven say anything? The four seasons run their course and all things are produced. Does Heaven say anything?

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Topic

God and man Seasons Nature

Speaker

Confucius

Source

Analects

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

Occupation

Philosopher

From

China Asia

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kongzi [Confucius]. The Analects. 3rd century BC, 17:19.

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What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

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Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 8:4).

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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Lao Tzu

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Patience All in good time Nature Teleology

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Lao Tzu
Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
Authentication Score 0
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Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching. 4th century BC, ch. 37.

Current Citation

Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao. Translated by John Minford. Penguin, 2019.

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Cui bono?

Cicero

Pro Milone

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Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
52 BC 50s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. 52 BC, sect. 32.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. "Pro Milone [For Milo]." Translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford UP, 2009, sect. 32.