What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

מָֽה־אֱנֹ֥ושׁ כִּֽי־תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ

Psalm 8:4

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God and man

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Psalms The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 8:4).

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If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own.

Xenophanes

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Nature of God God and man God Anthropomorphism

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Xenophanes
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Presocratic fragment Fragment
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Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK21 B15.

Current Citation

Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, DK21 B15.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

Sun Tzu

The Art of War

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Military strategy

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Sun Tzu
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The Art of War
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Treatise
Genre
Military treatise
Language
Chinese
Time
490 BC 490s BC 5th century BC
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Sun Tzu. 孫子兵法 [The Art of War]. c. 475 BC, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Sun Tzu. The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life, translated by John Minford. Penguin Classics, 2009, ch. 6.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Isaiah 2:4

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World peace Peace End times
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Isaiah The Bible
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Hebrew
Time
681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 2:4).

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He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:20

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Positive influences Negative influences Influences
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Proverbs The Bible
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686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 13:20).

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If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?

Abraham Lincoln

Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
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Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address
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Speech
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Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.