For we do not easily expect evil of those whom we love most.

Non enim facile de his quos plurimum diligimus turpitudinem suspicamur.

Peter Abelard

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Topic

Hurting others Loved ones Relationships

Author

Peter Abelard

Source

Historia Calamitatum

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Latin

Time

1132 1130s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

Occupation

Theologian Philosopher

From

France Europe

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Citation

Abelard, Pierre. Historia Calamitatum [The History of My Calamities]. c. 1132.

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We need in love to practice only this:
Letting each other go. For holding on
Comes easily; we do not need to learn it.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic
Relationships Letting go

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
German
Time
1909 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Requiem fur eine Freundin [Requiem for a Friend]. c. 1908.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. "Requiem for a Friend." The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell. Vintage, 1989.

Another quote from the 12th century

We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.

Bernard of Chartres

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Topic
Scientific progress Progress
Speaker
Bernard of Chartres

Author

John of Salisbury
Language
Latin
Time
1159 1150s 12th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Citation

Bernard of Chartres. Quoted in The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury, written by John of Salisbury. c. 1159, bk. 3.

Another quote from Middle Ages

O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love!

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Topic
Love

Author

Boethius
Source
The Consolation of Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
523 520s 6th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 2, poem 8.

Current Citation

Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 2, poem 8.

Another quote originally in Latin

I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

René Descartes

Meditations on First Philosophy

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Topic
Questioning one's beliefs

Author

René Descartes
Source
Meditations on First Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1641 1640s 17th century
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Original Citation

Descartes, René. Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur [Meditations on First Philosophy, in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated]. Paris, 1641, first meditation.

Current Citation

Descarte, René. "Meditations on First Philosophy." Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett Publishing, 1999, first meditation.