For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

ὅτι οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησεν, ἦν ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη.

Luke 15:24

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Prodigal son Forgiveness Reconciliation

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Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 15:24).

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

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Source
An Essay on Criticism
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, l. 526.

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Democracy passes into despotism.

Socrates

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Plato
Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Another quote originally in Greek

We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 2.