Relativism

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In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

Erasmus

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Topic

Relativism

Author

Erasmus

Source

Adagia

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

1536 1530s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Erasmus. Collectanea Adagiorum. Paris: Enguilbert de Marnef, 1500.

Current Citation

Erasmus. The Adages of Erasmus, edited by William Barker, translated by Margaret Mann Phillips. University of Toronto Press, 2001.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

Molly Bawn

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Topic

Preferences Beauty Relativism

Speaker

Marcia

Author

Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

Source

Molly Bawn

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe. Molly Bawn. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz/Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1878.

One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.

Jane Austen

Persuasion

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Topic

Relativism Custom and convention

Speaker

Admiral Croft

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Persuasion

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Persuasion. London: John Murray, 1818, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Persuasion. Penguin, 2003, ch. 13.

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them.

David Hume

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Topic

Nature of beauty Beauty Relativism

Author

David Hume

Source

Of the Standard of Taste Essays, Moral, Political and Literary

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1758 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Hume, David. "Of the Standard of Taste." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, 1758, pt. 1, no. 23.

Current Citation

Hume, David. "Of the Standard of Taste." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 1, no. 23.

They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve.

The Joker

The Dark Knight

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Topic

Fickleness of the mob The mob Relativism

Speaker

The Joker

Actor

Heath Ledger

Source

The Dark Knight

Medium

Film

Genre

Superhero (film) Crime drama (film) Superhero Crime drama

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2008.

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.

William Blake

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Topic

Trees Nature Relativism

Author

William Blake

Source

Letters of William Blake

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Blake, William. "To Rev. Dr. Tussler." 23 Aug. 1799.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "[To] Revd Dr Tusler, 23 Aug. 1799." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good.

Sir Thomas Browne

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Topic

Steadfastness Obstinacy Relativism

Author

Sir Thomas Browne

Source

Religio Medici

Genre

Autobiography and memoir Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1643 1640s 17th century

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Original Citation

Browne, Thomas, Sir. Religio Medici. London, 1643, pt. 1, sect. 25.

Current Citation

Browne, Thomas, Sir. "Religio Medici (1643)." Thomas Browne: Selected Writings, edited by Kevin Killeen. Oxford University Press, 2018, pt. 1, sect. 25.

To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

Bernard Baruch

Quoted in Newsweek

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Topic

Old age Perspective Relativism

Speaker

Bernard Baruch

Source

Newsweek

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Baruch, Bernard M. Quoted in Newsweek. 29 Aug. 1955.