370 BC

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For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse?

Plato

Phaedrus

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Topic

Good conversation Purpose of life

Speaker

Phaedrus

Author

Plato

Source

Phaedrus

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC, section 258e.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022, sect. 258e.

Friends have all things in common.

Plato

Phaedrus

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Topic

Nature of friendship Sharing

Speaker

Phaedrus

Author

Plato

Source

Phaedrus

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Phaedrus. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC, sect. 279c.

Current Citation

Phaedrus. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022, sect. 279c.

The country places and the trees won't teach me anything, and the people in the city do.

Socrates

Quoted in Phaedrus, by Plato

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Topic

Rural vs. urban Cities

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Phaedrus

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022.

The sea! the sea!

Xenophon

Anabasis

Greek soldiers, upon seeing the Black Sea for the first time as they returned from war in Persia.

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Topic

Ocean and sea Homecoming

Author

Xenophon

Source

Anabasis

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Xenophon. Anabasis. c. 370 BC, bk. 4, ch. 7, sect. 24.

Current Citation

Xenophon. The Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis, translated by David Thomas, edited by Shand Brennan and David Thomas. Pantheon, 2021, bk. 4, ch. 7, sect. 24.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

Democritus

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Topic

Man and animals Appetite Excess

Author

Democritus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Democritus. c. 370 BC, fragment 198.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

Hippocrates

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Topic

Science Scientific method Unfounded beliefs

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Law

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hippocrates. The Law. c. 4th century BC, pt. 4.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. "Canon." Hippocratic Writings, translated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann, et al. Penguin Classics, 1984.

As to diseases make a habit of two things-to help, or at least, to do no harm.

Hippocrates

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Topic

Practicing medicine Sickness and illness

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Epidemics

Statement Type

Oath

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hippocrates. Epidemics I. c. 4th century BC, second constitution, pt. 11.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. "Epidemics I." Hippocratic Writings, translated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann, et al. Penguin Classics, 1984, second constitution, pt. 11.

For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.

Hippocrates

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Topic

Medicine

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Aphorisms

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hippocrates. Aphorisms. c. 370 BC, sect. 1, pt. 6.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. The Aphorisms. Classics of Medicine Library, 1982, sect. 1, pt. 6.

Prayer is indeed good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Hippocrates

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Topic

Prayer Taking initiative

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Regimen

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hippocrates. Regimen. c. 4th century BC, regimen 4, sect. 87.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. "A Regimen for Health." Hippocratic Writings, translated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann, et al. Penguin Classics, 1984.

It is well to superintend the sick to make them well, to care for the healthy to keep them well, also to care for one's own self, so as to observe what it seemly.

Hippocrates

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Topic

Practicing medicine Serving others

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Precepts

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hippocrates. Precepts. c. 4th century BC, sect. 6.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. "Precepts." Hippocratic Writings, translated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann, et al. Penguin Classics, 1984.