Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes uiros.

Seneca the Younger

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Adversity

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Moral Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

Latin

Time

64 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Stoic Philosopher Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. "On Providence." Moral Essays. 1st century, ch. 5, sect. 10.

Current Citation

Seneca the Younger. "On Providence." Dialogues and Essays, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 5, sect. 10.

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What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Resilience Overcoming adversity Adversity Character

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Twilight of the Idols
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
German
Time
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Götzen-Dämmerung, oder, Wie man mit dem Hammer philosophiert [Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer]. 1889.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Frederick. Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ: or How to Philosophize with a Hammer, translated by Walter Kaufman and R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990.

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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Matthew 22:37-39

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Loving God
Speaker
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Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
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Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 22:37-39).

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Pride is therefore pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Latin
Time
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Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 3, prop. 26, note.

Current Citation

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