The sleep of reason produces monsters.

El sueño de la razón produce monstruos.

Francisco Goya

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Topic

Reason and emotion Reason Dreams

Author

Francisco Goya

Source

Los Caprichos

Language

Spanish

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Spain Europe

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Original Citation

Goya, Francisco. Los Caprichos. 1799, plate 43, title.

Current Citation

Goya, Francisco. Los Caprichos. Dover Publications, 1969, plate 43, title.

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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

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Language
English
Time
1792 1790s 18th century
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Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Boston: Thomas and Andrews/London: J. Johnson, 1792, ch. 4.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." A Vindication of the Rights of Women and A Vindication of the Rights of Men, edited by Janet Todd. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 4.

Another quote about Reason

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Reason and emotion Reason Emotions The heart

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Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
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Language
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Time
1662 1660s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 277.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 277.

Another quote originally in Spanish

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Author

Miguel de Cervantes
Source
Don Quixote
Medium
Novel
Language
Spanish
Time
1605 1600s 16th century
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De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.