Precepts and axioms

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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!

Karl Marx

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Topic

Redistribution of wealth Socialism Communism Political theory Politics

Author

Karl Marx

Source

Critique of the Gotha Programme

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

German

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Kritik des Gothaer Programms [Critique of the Gotha Programme]. Berlin: Friedrich Engels, 1891, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. Critique of the Gotha Program, translated by Kevin B. Anderson. PM Press, 2022, pt. 1.

A man got to have a code.

Omar Little

The Wire

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Topic

Moral principles Moral theory

Speaker

Omar Little

Actor

Michael Kenneth Williams

Source

The Wire

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Unto Others." The Wire, written by David Simon and William F. Zorzi and Ed Burns, directed by Anthony Hemingway, season 4, episode 7, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2006.

With great power there must also come-great responsibility!

Stan Lee

Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider Man)

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Topic

Duty Using one's gifts

Author

Stan Lee

Source

Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider Man)

Medium

Comic book

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Lee, Stan. Amazing Fantasy #15. 10 Aug. 1962. Closing narration.

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

The Talmud

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Topic

Moral theory

Source

The Talmud

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Hebrew

Time

200 200s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Talmud. Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:9:1.

Current Citation

The Talmud: A Selection, translated by Norman Solomon. Penguin Classics, 2009, Fourth Order Neziqin, Fourth Tractate Sanhedrin (The Court) 4:9:1.

All you need is love.

The Beatles

All You Need Is Love

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Topic

Love

Speaker

The Beatles

Source

All You Need Is Love

Medium

Song

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. All You Need Is Love. Performed by The Beatles. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1967.

What's not forbidden to do make bold.

Friedrich Schiller

The Camp of Wallenstein

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Topic

Moral theory

Speaker

First Yager

Author

Friedrich Schiller

Source

The Camp of Wallenstein

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

German

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. Wallensteins Lager [Wallenstein's Camp]. 12 Oct. 1798, Weimarer Hoftheatre, Weimar, Germany, sc. 6.

Current Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. "Wallenstein's Camp." The Robbers and Wallenstein, translated by F. J. Lamport. Penguin Classics, 1980, sc. 6.

All's fair in love and war.

Frank E. Smedley

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Topic

Love and war

Speaker

Peter Barnett

Author

Frank E. Smedley

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Smedley, Francis Edward. Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes from the life of a private pupil. London: A. Hall, Virtue, & Co., 1850, ch. 50.

The end must justify the means.

Matthew Prior

Hans Carvel

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Topic

Moral theory Justifications and rationales

Author

Matthew Prior

Source

Hans Carvel

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1700 1700s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Prior, Matthew. Hans Carvel. c. 1700.

There is... Only a single categorical imperative and it is this: Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant

The Metaphysics of Morals

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Topic

How to behave Moral theory

Author

Immanuel Kant

Source

The Metaphysics of Morals

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms Advice

Language

German

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten [Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals]. Riga: J. F. Hartknoch, 1785.

Current Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, translated by Mary Gregor and Jes Timmermann. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil.

Walter Lippmann

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Topic

Journalism

Author

Walter Lippmann

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Lippmann, Walter. "Journalism and the Higher Law." Liberty and the News. Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

Mike Godwin

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Topic

The internet

Author

Mike Godwin

Source

Wired Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Godwin, Mike. "Meme, Counter-Meme." Wired, 1 Oct. 1994.

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Socrates

Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Topic

Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Crito

Medium

Philosophical dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Greek

Time

399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BCE.

Current Citation

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

Things are always at their best in their beginning.

Blaise Pascal

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Topic

Things get worse

Author

Blaise Pascal

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

French

Time

1656 1650s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pascal, Blaise [published as Louis de Montalte]. "February 25, 1656." Les Provinciales ou Les Lettres Escrites [The Provincial Letters]. c. 1657, letter 4.

It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

Rounders

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Topic

Suckers Morality

Speaker

Mike McDermott

Actor

Matt Damon

Source

Rounders

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rounders. Directed by John Dahl, Spanky Pictures, 1998.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Moral principles Moral absolutism

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Last Public Address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Last Public Address." 11 Apr. 1865, White House, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech on Reconstruction, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Power of money Money

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

No one should be judge in his own case.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Legal theory

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not to be constrained by force.

Flavius Josephus

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Topic

Freedom of religion

Author

Flavius Josephus

Genre

Historical literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Greek

Time

99 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Josephus. Ἰωσήπου βίος [The Life of Flavius Josephus]. c. 99.

Current Citation

Josephus. "The Life of Flavius Josephus." The New Complete Works of Josephus. Kregel Academic & Professional, 1999.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Sherlock Holmes

A Case of Identity

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Topic

Details The little things

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

A Case of Identity

Medium

Short story Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Case of Identity." The Strand Magazine. London: Sept. 1891.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Case of Identity." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2010.

Man being...by nature all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent.

John Locke

Two Treatises of Government

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Topic

Political theory Nature of man Politics

Author

John Locke

Source

Second Treatise of Civil Government Two Treatises of Government

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1690 1690s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Locke, John. "Second Treatise of Civil Government." Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690, introduction.

Current Citation

Locke, John. Second Treatise of Civil Government, edited by C. B. Macpherson. Hackett Publishing Company, 1980, introduction.