It is not possible with mortal mind to search out the purposes of the gods.

Pindar

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Topic

Inscrutability of God God's plan

Author

Pindar

Language

Greek

Time

438 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet

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Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Pindar. Fragment 61. c. 418 BC.

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Thucydides

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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 5.

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He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter.

Isaiah 53:7

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 53:7).

Another quote originally in Greek

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Astronomy The night sky
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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.