Sic transit gloria mundi.

Thus passes the glory of the world.

Spoken during the coronation of a new Pope while flax is burned to represent the transience of earthly glory.

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Impermanence Mortality Vanitas The human condition

Language

Latin

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Papal coronation ceremonies from c. 1409-1963, https://aleteia.org/2019/03/02/sic-transit-gloria-mundi-was-once-a-common-warning-to-new-popes/

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Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Freedom Liberation The human condition

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
The Social Contract
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1762 1760s 18th century
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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Man is a social animal.

Baruch Spinoza

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Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.