The happiest life consists in ignorance.

ἐν τῷ φρονεῖν γὰρ μηδὲν ἥδιστος βίος.

Sophocles

Ajax

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Ignorance is bliss Ignorance Happiness

Speaker

Ajax

Author

Sophocles

Source

Ajax

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

Language

Greek

Time

442 BC 440s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Sophocles. Αἴας [Ajax]. c. 441 BCE, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Ajax." Electra and Other Plays, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

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Time
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Benjamin, Walter. Einbahnstraße [One Way Street]. Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1928.

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One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

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Heraclitus
Medium
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

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Why seek ye the living among the dead?

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Jesus
Source
Gospel of Luke The Bible
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 24:5).

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Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

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Luke 23:46

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Time
61 60s 1st century
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 23:46).