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Archimedes

Quoted in De Architectura, by Vitruvius

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Topic

Discovery

Speaker

Archimedes

Author

Vitruvius

Source

De Architectura

Language

Greek

Time

212 BC 210s BC 3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Mathematician

From

Italy Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Archimedes. Quoted in de Architectura by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. c. 15 BC, bk. 10, intro., sect. 10.

Current Citation

Archimedes. Quoted in Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius. Translated by Morris Hicky Morgan. Dover Publications, 1960.

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Exodus 20:17

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Speaker
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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The Nicomachean Ethics

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Author

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Source
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Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. 322 BC, bk 2, ch. 1, sect. 4.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics.Translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 2, ch. 1, sect. 4.