Every sweet hath its sour; every evil its good.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Topic

Yin and yang

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Compensation Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Compensation." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Compensation (1841)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Come out of your warm, angular house, resounding with few voices, into the chill, grand, instantaneous night, with such a Presence as a full moon in the clouds.

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In proportion as the antagonism between classes within the nation vanishes, the hostility of one nation to another will come to an end.

Karl Marx

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Class conflict End of war Political theory

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Karl Marx
Source
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Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London, 1848, pt. 2.

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I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic
Duality of man Yin and yang

Author

Michel de Montaigne
Source
That We Taste Nothing Pure Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Nous ne Goustons Rien de Pur [That We Taste Nothing Pure]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "We Can Savour Nothing Pure." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.