Man is by nature a political animal.

ὁ ἄνθρωπος φύσει πολιτικὸν ζῷον.

Aristotle

Politics

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Topic

Politics Human nature

Author

Aristotle

Source

Politics

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.

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

Agathon

Quoted in The Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle

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God's power God Changing the past The past
Speaker
Agathon

Author

Aristotle
Source
The Nicomachean Ethics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics], written by Aristotle. c. 350 BC, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Nicomachean Ethics, written by Aristotle, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing Company, 2019, bk. 6, ch. 2.

Another quote about Politics

Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Topic
Great man theory of history Political theory Politics

Author

Henry Adams
Source
The Education of Henry Adams
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1907 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 28.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 28.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.

Juvenal

Satires

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Traveling lightly Travel

Author

Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Latin
Time
2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 10.

Another quote originally in Greek

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Revelation 2:10

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Topic
Faith
Source
Revelation The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
96 90s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Revelation 2:10).