Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to every one his due.

Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuens.

Justinian I

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Topic

Justice Moral theory

Author

Justinian I

Source

Institutes of Justinian

Genre

Legal writing

Statement Type

Definition

Language

Latin

Time

533 530s 6th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

North Macedonia Europe

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Original Citation

Justinian. "Institutiones Justinani [Institutes of Justinian]." Corpus Iurus Civilis [Body of Civil Law]. 533, b. 1, ch. 1, para. 1.

Current Citation

Justinian. Justinian's Institutes. Translated by Peter Birks and Grant McLeod. Cornell UP, 1987, bk. 1, ch. 1, para. 1.

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Another quote about Justice

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Socrates

Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Topic
Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Crito
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BC, sect. 49d.

Current Citation

Plato. "Crito." Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo. Translated by G. M. A. Grube. Hackett Publishing Co., 2002, 49d.

Another quote from the 6th century

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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Love

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Boethius
Source
The Consolation of Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
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.

Current Citation

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

Another quote from Classical antiquity

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:6, 7

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Topic
Jesus's birth Nativity story
Source
Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
61 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 2:6-7).

Another quote originally in Latin

Ancient times were the youth of the world.

Francis Bacon

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Topic
The ancient world Youth The past

Author

Francis Bacon
Source
The Advancement of Learning
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1605 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

Another quote of the following type Definition

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.

Leo Tolstoy

What Is Art?

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Purpose of art

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Leo Tolstoy
Source
What Is Art?
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What Is Art? 1897, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. What Is Art? Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 1996.