Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Law

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

A Tract on the Popery Laws

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1760 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Politician Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. A Tract on the Popery Laws. c. 1760, ch. 3, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Tract on the Popery Laws." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, ch. 3, pt. 1.

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Edmund Burke

Philosophical Enquiry in the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful

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Source
Philosophical Enquiry in the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Genre
Philosophical literature
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Time
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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Philosophical Enquiry in the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful. London: R and J. Dodsley, 1757, pt. 1, sec. 14.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Philosophical Enquiry in the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, pt. 1, sec. 14.

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Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
The Social Contract
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1762 1760s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote about Law

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him.

John Selden

Table Talk (Selden)

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Legal theory Law

Author

John Selden
Source
Table Talk (Selden)
Language
English
Time
1689 1680s 17th century
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Citation

Selden, John. "Law." The Table-Talk Of John Selden. London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1689.

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God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1662 1660s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 229.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 229.

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A house is a machine for living in.

Le Corbusier

Toward an Architecture

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Topic
Houses Home Architecture

Author

Le Corbusier
Source
Toward an Architecture
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Corbusier, Le. Vers une Architecture. Editions G. Crès et Cie., 1923.

Current Citation

Corbusier, Le. Toward an Architecture. Getty Research Institute, 2007.