There are vicissitudes in all things.

Omnium rerum, heus, vicissitudo est.

Terence

The Eunuch

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Topic

Randomness

Speaker

Parmeno

Author

Terence

Source

The Eunuch

Medium

Play

Language

Latin

Time

161 BC 160s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Africa Roman Republic

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Citation

Terence. Eunuchus [The Eunuch]. 161 BC, Megalesian Games, Rome, Italy, act 2, sc. 2.

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Man is by nature a political animal.

Aristotle

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Politics Human nature

Author

Aristotle
Source
Politics
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 1.

Current Citation

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In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

Erasmus

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Topic
Relativism

Author

Erasmus
Source
Adagia
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
1536 1530s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Erasmus. Collectanea Adagiorum. Paris: Enguilbert de Marnef, 1500.

Current Citation

Erasmus. The Adages of Erasmus, edited by William Barker, translated by Margaret Mann Phillips. University of Toronto Press, 2001.