If you expect a physician to help you, you must lay bare your wound.

Si operam medicantis exspectas, oportet uulnus detegas.

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Vulnerability

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Boethius

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The Consolation of Philosophy

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Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

523 520s 6th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Philosopher Politician

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Italy Europe

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Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. De Consolatione Philosophiae [The Consolation of Philosophy]. 523, bk. 1, prose 4, l. 1.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy. Translated by Victor Watts. Penguin, 1999, bk. 1, prose 4, l. 1.

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O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love!

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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The Consolation of Philosophy
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Philosophical literature
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Latin
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523 520s 6th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. De Consolatione Philosophiae [The Consolation of Philosophy]. 523, bk. 2, poem VIII, l. 28-30.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy. Translated by Victor Watts. Penguin, 1999, bk. 2, poem VIII, l. 28-30.

Another quote about Vulnerability

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

Theodor Adorno

Minima Moralia

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Theodor Adorno
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Minima Moralia
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Adorno, Theodor. Minima Moralia: Reflexionen aus dem beschädigten Leben [Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life]. Suhrkamp Verlag, 1951, aph. 122.

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Adorno, Theodor. Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life. Translated by E. F. N. Jephcott. Verso, 2005, aph. 122.

Another quote from Middle Ages

Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Origin of the universe God Creation

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St. Thomas Aquinas
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Summa Theologica
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Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
1265 1260s 13th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Aquinas, Thomas. Summa Theologica. 1265, pt. 1, qu. 2, art. 3

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The things which...are esteemed as the greatest good of all…can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With those three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.

Baruch Spinoza

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Baruch Spinoza
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Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
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Spinoza, Baruch. Tractatus de Intellectus Emendatione [On the Improvement of the Understanding]. 1677, ch. 1, sect. 3.