It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.

Sed ita a principio inchoatum esse mundum, ut certis rebus certa signa praecurrerent.

Cicero

Concerning Divination

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Predicting the future The future

Author

Cicero

Source

Concerning Divination

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

44 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Politician Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Republic

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Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Divinatione [Concerning Divination]. c. 44 BC, bk. 1, ch. 52, sect. 118.

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Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla

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Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
80 BC 80s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Another quote about The future

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here.
It'll be here better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.

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Tomorrow The future Letting go of the past
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Fleetwood Mac
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Medium
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Language
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Time
1977 1970s 20th century
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McVie, Christine. "Don't Stop." Performed by Fleetwood Mac. Rumours. Warner Records, 1977.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

This only is denied even to God,
The power to make what has been done undone.

Agathon

Quoted in The Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle

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God's power God Changing the past The past
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Agathon

Author

Aristotle
Source
The Nicomachean Ethics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics], written by Aristotle. c. 350 BC, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Nicomachean Ethics, written by Aristotle, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing Company, 2019, bk. 7, ch. 2.

Another quote originally in Latin

Pride is therefore pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Pride

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Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 3, prop. 26, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 3, prop. 26, note.