"Life is trouble," Zorba continued. "Death, no. To Live-do you know what that means? To undo your belt and look for trouble!"

Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the Greek

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Topic

Living life to the fullest

Speaker

Zorba

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis

Source

Zorba the Greek

Medium

Novel

Language

Greek

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Greece Europe

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Original Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and State of Alexis Zorba]. Athens: Dimitrakou, 1946, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, translated by Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 8.

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Another quote from 1946

Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything better than you.

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Anything You Can Do
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Citation

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Another quote originally in Greek

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Socrates

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Author

Plato
Source
Theaetetus
Medium
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Socrates. Quoted in Θεαίτητος [Theaetetus], written by Plato. c. 369 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Theaetetus, written by Plato, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.