No one should be judge in his own case.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Legal theory

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Publilius Syrus

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Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Writer

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Turkey Europe

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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To establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.

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Insanity Legal theory

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Language
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Time
1843 1840s 19th century
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Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham. Delivering an exposition of the rules. M'Naghten's Case. c. 1843, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Our heart is restless until it rests in you.

St. Augustine

Confessions

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Seeking God God and man

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St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
Autobiography and memoir Religious literature
Language
Latin
Time
400 400s 5th century
Era
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Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote originally in Latin

I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

René Descartes

Meditations on First Philosophy

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Questioning one's beliefs

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René Descartes
Source
Meditations on First Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1641 1640s 17th century
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Original Citation

Descartes, René. Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur [Meditations on First Philosophy, in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated]. Paris, 1641, first meditation.

Current Citation

Descarte, René. "Meditations on First Philosophy." Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett Publishing, 1999, first meditation.

Another quote of the following type Precepts and axioms

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil.

Walter Lippmann

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Journalism

Author

Walter Lippmann
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lippmann, Walter. "Journalism and the Higher Law." Liberty and the News. Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.