That there is a Devil, is a Thing Doubted by none but such as are under the Influence of the Devil. For any to Deny the Being of a Devil must be from an Ignorance or Profaneness, worse than diabolical.

Cotton Mather

The Wonders of the Invisible World

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Topic

Existence of the devil The devil

Author

Cotton Mather

Source

The Wonders of the Invisible World

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

Occupation

Clergyman Christian

From

United States

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Citation

Mather, Cotton. The Wonders of the Invisible World. John Dunton, 1693.

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Look round the habitable world! how few
Know their own good; or knowing it, pursue.

John Dryden

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Topic
Self-knowledge
Speaker
Juvenal

Author

John Dryden
Source
Satire 10 The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Medium
Poem
Language
Omnibus in terris, quae sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram et Gangen, pauci dinoscere possunt vera bona atque illis multum diversa, remota erroris nebula, quid enim ratione timemus 5aut cupimus?
Time
1693 1690s 17th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Dryden, John, translator. "The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal." The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, written by Juvenal. London: Jacob Tonson, 1693, l. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "The Tenth Satire of Juvenal." The Major Works, edited by Keith Walker. Oxford UP, 2003, l. 1.