One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

דֹּ֤ור הֹלֵךְ֙ וְדֹ֣ור בָּ֔א וְהָאָ֖רֶץ לְעֹולָ֥ם עֹמָֽדֶת׃

Ecclesiastes 1:4

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Ephemeral nature of life Circle of life Life The human condition The world

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:4).

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One can live for years sometimes, without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into a single hour.

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Wilde, Oscar. Vera; or, The Nihilists. London: Ranken & Co., 1880, act 4.

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.

Thrasymachus

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Might makes right Justice Political theory Moral theory Morality
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Thrasymachus

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Plato
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Thrasymachus. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Thrasymachus. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:26-27

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Creation of man Human origins Human nature
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Genesis The Bible
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Hebrew
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1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:26-27).