Prayer is indeed good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Hippocrates

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Topic

Prayer Taking initiative

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Regimen

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Physician

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Hippocrates. Regimen. c. 4th century BC, regimen 4, sect. 87.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. "A Regimen for Health." Hippocratic Writings, translated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann, et al. Penguin Classics, 1984.

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Medium
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Aristotle

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Author

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Source
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Aristotle. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.