God and man

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Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

Achilles

Quoted in The Iliad, by Homer

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Topic

God and man Fate

Speaker

Achilles

Author

Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 18, l. 328.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 18, l. 328.

All men have need of the Gods.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic

God and man God Human nature

Author

Homer

Source

The Odyssey

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 3, l. 48.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 3, l. 48.

Our heart is restless until it rests in you.

St. Augustine

Confessions

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Topic

Seeking God God and man

Author

St. Augustine

Source

Confessions

Genre

Autobiography and memoir Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

400 400s 5th century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score

Original Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Augustine of Hippo. Confessions, translated by R. S. Pine-Coffin. Penguin Classics, 1961, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

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Topic

Trust in God God and man

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Proverbs 3:5-6).

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Topic

God and man Salvation

Author

Soren Kierkegaard

Source

Journals of Soren Kierkegaard

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Danish

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Journal entry. 7 July 1838.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. The Journals of Kierkegaard, translated by Alexander Dru. Harper Torch, 1959.

If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own.

Xenophanes

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Topic

Nature of God God and man God Anthropomorphism

Author

Xenophanes

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK21 B15.

Current Citation

Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, DK21 B15.

So, loath to suffer mute,
We, peopling the void air,
Make Gods to whom to impute
The ills we ought to bear.

Matthew Arnold

Empedocles on Etna

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Topic

God and man

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Empedocles on Etna

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "Empedocles on Etna." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, act 1, sc. 2.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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Topic

God and man Nature of God Existence of God God

Author

Robert G. Ingersoll

Language

English

Time

1874 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ingersoll, Robert Green. "The Gods." c. 1872. Lecture.

The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.

Jonathan Edwards

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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Topic

God's wrath God and man

Author

Jonathan Edwards

Source

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Medium

Sermon

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1741 1740s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." 8 July 1741, Edwards Church, Northampton, MA, USA. Sermon.

Current Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Jonathan Edwards: Writings from the Great Awakening. Library of America, 2013.

The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist.

Fernando Pessoa

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Topic

God and man Fate vs. free will Free will

Author

Fernando Pessoa

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Portuguese

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Pessoa, Fernando (published as Ricardo Reis). "So esta liberdade nos concedem [The only freedom the gods grant us]." Odes. Edições Ática, 1952.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Apostle Paul

Acts 17:28

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Topic

God and man

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Book of Acts

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:28).

We're on a mission from God.

Dan Aykroyd

The Blues Brothers

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Topic

Divine mission God and man

Speaker

Elwood Blues

Actor

Dan Aykroyd

Source

The Blues Brothers

Medium

Film

Genre

Musical comedy (film) Musical (film) Musical comedy Musical

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Blues Brothers. Directed by John Landis, Universal Pictures, 1980.

The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.

Robert A. Heinlein

Time Enough for Love

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Topic

God and man Nature of God Religion

Author

Robert A. Heinlein

Source

Time Enough for Love

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Heinlein, Robert A. "Intermission." Time Enough for Love. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973.

The Olympian is a difficult foe to oppose.

Homer

The Iliad

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Topic

God's will God and man

Author

Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 1, l. 589.

Current Citation

Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 1, l. 589.

Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

Martin Luther

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Topic

Nature of God God and man God

Author

Martin Luther

Genre

Religious literature

Language

German

Time

1529 1520s 16th century

Era

Protestant Reformation

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Der Große Katechismus [The Large Catechism]. Wittenberg, 1529, first commandant.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. Luther's Large Catechism with Study Questions. Concordia Publishing House, 2010, first commandant.

We cannot all be friars, and many are the ways by which God leads his own to eternal life. Knight-errantry is religion.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

To Sancho Panza, on his asking whether, to get to heaven, we should all become monks.

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Topic

Vocation God and man Eternal life

Speaker

Don Quixote

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1615 1610s 17th century

Era

Spanish Golden Age

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

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.

The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts.

David

1st Chronicles 28:9

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Topic

God and man Inner life

Speaker

David

Source

1st Chronicles The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Chronicles 28:9).

He cannot have God for his father who has not the church for his mother.

St. Cyprian

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Topic

Catholic church God and man Christianity

Author

St. Cyprian

Source

On the Unity of the Catholic Church

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

251 250s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Saint Cyprian. De Ecclesiae Catholicae Unitate. c. 251, ch. 6.

They consider the deed but God weighs the motive.

Thomas à Kempis

The Imitation of Christ

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Topic

God and man Intent

Author

Thomas à Kempis

Source

The Imitation of Christ

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1418 1410s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

A Kempis, Thomas. De Imitatione Christi [The Imitation of Christ]. c. 1418, bk. 2, ch. 6.

Current Citation

A Kempis, Thomas. The Complete Imitation of Christ, translated by John Julian. Paraclete Press, 2012.

Zeus, author of all, worker of all! For what is brought to pass for mortal men save by will of Zeus? What herein is not wrought of god?

Aeschylus

Agamemnon

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Topic

God as first cause God and man God

Speaker

Chorus

Author

Aeschylus

Source

Agamemnon

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

458 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aeschylus. Agamemnon. 458 BCE, The Dionysia, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Aeschylus. "Agamemnon." The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides, edited and translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 1984.