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

Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes uiros.

Seneca the Younger

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Topic

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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Life always gets harder toward the summit-the cold increases, responsibility increases.

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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Der Antichrist [The Antichrist]. 1895, no. 57.

Current Citation

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Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

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Time
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William Harvey

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Author

William Harvey
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
Latin
Time
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Harvey, William. "Dedication to Dr. Argent and Other Learned Physicians." Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus [An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings]. Frankfurt: William Fitzer, 1628.