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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.

I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and the most from my students.

Hanina ben Dosa

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Topic

Teachers and students

Author

Hanina ben Dosa

Source

Ta'anit Talmud

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Hebrew

Time

200 200s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. c. 1960. (Ta'anit 1:7a)

Current Citation

The Talmud: A Selection. Penguin Classics, 2009. (Ta'anit 1:7a).

There was never any yet that wholly could escape love, and never shall there be any, never so long as beauty shall be, never so long as eyes can see.

Longus

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Topic

Power of love Love

Author

Longus

Source

Daphnis and Chloe

Language

Greek

Time

200 200s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Longus. Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη [Daphnis and Chloe]. c. 250, preface.

Current Citation

Longus. Daphnis and Chloe, translated by Ronald McCail. Oxford University Press, 2009, preface.

The goal in life is living in agreement with nature.

Zeno

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Topic

Purpose of life Living in harmony

Speaker

Zeno

Author

Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

200 200s 3rd century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Zeno. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 7, ch. 1, sect. 87.

Current Citation

Zeno. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 7, ch. 1, sect. 87.