The past is never dead. It's not even past.

William Faulkner

Requiem for a Nun

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Topic

Effects of the past Past and present The past

Speaker

Stevens

Author

William Faulkner

Source

Requiem for a Nun

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Random House, 1951, act 1.

Current Citation

Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Vintage, 2012, act 1.

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Another quote from the 1950s

Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created.

Werner Heisenberg

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Topic
Tools

Author

Werner Heisenberg
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1958 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. "An Old and a New Tradition." Gifford Lectures. Winter term 1955-1956, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.

Current Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science. Harper Perennial, 2007, ch. 1.

Another quote about The past

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

Agathon

Quoted in The Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle

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Topic
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
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Nicomathean Ethics by Aristotle. 4th century BC, bk. 6, ch. 2, sect.5.

Current Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Nicomathean Ethics by Aristotle. Translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing Company, 2019, bk. 6, ch. 2, sect. 5.