Thou hast no right to bliss.

Matthew Arnold

Empedocles on Etna

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Topic

Happiness

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Empedocles on Etna

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "Empedocles on Etna." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, act 1, sc. 2.

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I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one... But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Theodore Parker

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Moral progress Social progress Progress
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Theodore Parker
Source
Ten Sermons of Religion
Medium
Sermon
Language
English
Time
1853 1850s 19th century
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Citation

Parker, Theodore. "Of Justice and the Conscience." Ten Sermons of Religion. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company/New York: Charles S. Francis and Company, 1853.

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Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Happiness Freedom Courage
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Author

Thucydides
Source
Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pericles. Quoted in The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Pericles. Quoted in The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.