I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.

ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· ὁ ἀκολουθῶν μοι οὐ μὴ περιπατήσῃ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, ἀλλ’ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς.

Jesus

John 8:12

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Topic

Nature of Jesus Jesus

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Founder of a religion Religious leader

From

Israel Middle East Roman Empire

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 8:12.)

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There was really only one Christian, and he died on the cross.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Der Antichrist [The Antichrist]. 1895, no. 39.

Current Citation

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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Aristotle

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Aristotle
Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
335 BC 330s BC 4th century BC
Era
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Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 7.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 7.

Another quote originally in Greek

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

Quoted in Apology, by Plato

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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Era
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Plato. Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους [Apology of Socrates]. Speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption. 399 BC, Athens, Greece.

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Plato. "Apology." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.