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

Plato

Laws

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Man and animals Boys Teaching children Children

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Plato

Source

Laws

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

346 BC 340s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Philosopher Writer

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Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

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

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

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What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party.

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Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Classical antiquity
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Thrasymachus. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Thrasymachus. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28

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Population growth Children Man and animals Man and nature Purpose of life
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Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:28).

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Owe no man any thing, but to love one another.

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Romans 13:8

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Apostle Paul
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Romans The Bible
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Time
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 13:8).

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Apostle Paul

Galatians 5:22-23

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Galatians The Bible
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Time
50 50s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Galatians 5:22-23).