1693

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Look round the habitable world! how few
Know their own good; or knowing it, pursue.

John Dryden

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Topic

Self-knowledge

Speaker

Juvenal

Author

John Dryden

Source

Satire 10 The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Medium

Poem

Language

Omnibus in terris, quae sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram et Gangen, pauci dinoscere possunt vera bona atque illis multum diversa, remota erroris nebula, quid enim ratione timemus 5aut cupimus?

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

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Original Citation

Dryden, John, translator. "The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal." The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, written by Juvenal. London: Jacob Tonson, 1693, l. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "The Tenth Satire of Juvenal." The Major Works, edited by Keith Walker. Oxford UP, 2003, l. 1.

That there is a Devil, is a Thing Doubted by none but such as are under the Influence of the Devil. For any to Deny the Being of a Devil must be from an Ignorance or Profaneness, worse than diabolical.

Cotton Mather

The Wonders of the Invisible World

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Topic

Existence of the devil The devil

Author

Cotton Mather

Source

The Wonders of the Invisible World

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

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Citation

Mather, Cotton. The Wonders of the Invisible World. John Dunton, 1693.

Virtue is harder to be got, than a Knowledge of the World; and, if lost in a young Man, is seldom recover'd.

John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Topic

Formation of character

Author

John Locke

Source

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

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Original Citation

Locke, John. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1693, sect. 70.

Current Citation

Locke, John. "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing Company, 1996, sect. 70.

He that will have his Son have a Respect for him and his Orders, must himself have a great Reverence for his Son.

John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Topic

Raising kids Fathers and sons

Author

John Locke

Source

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Locke, John. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1693, sect. 71.

Current Citation

Locke, John. "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing Company, 1996, sect. 71.

Courtship to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

William Congreve

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Topic

Courtship and dating Marriage

Speaker

Belinda

Author

William Congreve

Source

The Old Bachelor

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Congreve, William. The Old Bachelor. United Company, 1693, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 10.

Current Citation

Congreve, William. "The Old Bachelor." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 5, sc. 10.

Good and Evil, Reward and Punishment, are the only Motives to a rational Creature: These are the Spur and Reins whereby all Mankind are set on Work, and guided.

John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Topic

Incentives

Author

John Locke

Source

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Locke, John. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1693, sect. 54.

Current Citation

Locke, John. "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing Company, 1996, sect. 54.

The Rod, which is the only Instrument of Government that Tutors generally know, or ever think of, is the most unfit of any to be us'd in Education.

John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Topic

Corporal punishment

Author

John Locke

Source

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Locke, John. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1693, sect. 46.

Current Citation

Locke, John. "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing Company, 1996, sect. 46.

Eternity was in that moment.

William Congreve

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Topic

Eternity

Speaker

Bellmour

Author

William Congreve

Source

The Old Bachelor

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Congreve, William. The Old Bachelor. United Company, 1693, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 7.

Current Citation

Congreve, William. "The Old Bachelor." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 4, sc. 7.