By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

William Hazlitt

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Topic

Learning from the past Judging the past The past

Author

William Hazlitt

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Reading New Books." Monthly Magazine, July 1827.

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This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

Agathon

Quoted in The Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle

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God's power God Changing the past The past
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Agathon

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Aristotle
Source
The Nicomachean Ethics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity