Music has charms to soothe a savage breast.

William Congreve

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Power of music Music

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Almeria

Author

William Congreve

Source

The Mourning Bride

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play

Language

English

Time

1697 1690s 17th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Congreve, William. The Mourning Bride. 1697, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

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Where-ever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

John Locke

Two Treatises of Government

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Rule of law Law Tyranny Political theory Politics

Author

John Locke
Source
Second Treatise of Civil Government Two Treatises of Government
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1690 1690s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Locke, John. "Second Treatise of Civil Government." Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690, ch. 18, sect. 202.

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Locke, John. Second Treatise of Civil Government, edited by C. B. Macpherson. Hackett Publishing Company, 1980, ch. 18, sect. 202.

Another quote about Music

I think the main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe. That's what music is to me-it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is. That’s what I would like to do. I think that’s one of the greatest things you can do in life, and we all try to do it in some way. The musician’s is through his music.

John Coltrane

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Power of music Music The universe
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John Coltrane
Source
DownBeat
Medium
Interview Magazine
Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
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Original Citation

Coltrane, John. "John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Answer the Jazz Critics." Interviewed by Don DeMichael. DownBeat, 12 Apr. 1962.

Current Citation

Coltrane, John. Quoted in Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties, written by Scott Saul. Harvard University Press, 2003.