Truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Topic

Warmth Cold Opposites Yin and yang

Author

Herman Melville

Source

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 11.

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Genre
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Time
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Original Citation

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There is a strong shadow where there is much light.

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Topic
Light and shadow Contrasts Yin and yang
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
1773 1770s 18th century
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Gotz von Berlichingen. 1773, act 1.