Of all wild creatures, the child is the most intractable.

Plato

Laws

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Topic

Man and animals Boys Teaching children Children

Author

Plato

Source

Laws

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

346 BC 340s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Plato. Νόμοι [Laws]. c. 346 BC, bk. 7.

Current Citation

Plato. Laws, translated by Tom Griffith, edited by Malcolm Schofield. Cambridge University Press, 2016, bk. 7.

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

Quoted in Apology, by Plato

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Socrates

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Plato
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Apology
Medium
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Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Plato. Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους [Apology of Socrates]. Speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption. 399 BC, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Plato. "Apology." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

Another quote about Man and animals

Man appears to be the missing link between anthropoid apes and human beings.

Konrad Lorenz

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Man and animals
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Konrad Lorenz
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
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Lorenz, Konrad. Quoted in New York Times Magazine. 11 Apr. 1965.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I have been a stranger in a strange land.

Moses

Exodus 2:22

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Exile
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Moses
Source
Exodus The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 2:22).

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No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other.

Aristotle

Politics

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Seeds of revolution Revolution Tyranny Political theory Politics

Author

Aristotle
Source
Politics
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.