For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.

יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָאָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִנְּעֻרָ֑י

God

Genesis 8:21

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Topic

Original sin Human nature

Speaker

God

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 8:21).

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Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Walt Whitman

Song of Myself

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Topic
Contradiction Inconsistency Human nature

Author

Walt Whitman
Source
Song of Myself Leaves of Grass
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1855 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, poem 1.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 51.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

A people was a multitude defined by the common objects of their love.

St. Augustine

City of God

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Nation Community

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St. Augustine
Source
City of God
Genre
Philosophical literature Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
426 420s 5th century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. De civitate Dei contra paganos [On the City of God Against the Pagans]. c. 426, bk. 19, sect. 24.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. City of God, translated by Henry Bettenson. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 19, sect. 24.

Another quote originally in Hebrew

Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job

Job 1:21

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God is in control God The human condition
Speaker
Job
Source
Book of Job The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 1:21).