Actions receive their tincture from the times,
And as they change, are virtues made or crimes.

Daniel Defoe

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Topic

Custom and convention Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

Author

Daniel Defoe

Source

A Hymn to the Pillory

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1703 1700s 18th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Defoe, Daniel. A Hymn to the Pillory. London: 1703, I. 29.

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Willful ignorance Ignorance Blindness

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Source
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Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
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Time
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party.

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Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Might makes right Justice Political theory Moral theory Morality
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Thrasymachus

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Thrasymachus. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

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