{"id":91361,"date":"2021-04-06T18:34:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T16:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?page_id=91361"},"modified":"2022-08-28T17:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T15:48:53","slug":"quotes-of-pliny-the-elder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-art-and-culture\/golden-thoughts-of-romans\/quotes-of-pliny-the-elder\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of Pliny the Elder"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ramka_ze_zdjeciem float-right \"\n         style=\"\">\n\n        <div class=\"zdjecie\">\n            <img\n                class=\"ramka-ze-zdjeciem\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pliniusz-starszy-333x400.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pliniusz-starszy-333x400.jpg 333w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pliniusz-starszy-640x768.jpg 640w, https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pliniusz-starszy.jpg 1200w\"                alt=\"Pliny the Elder\"\n                width=\"250\"\n                height=\"300\"\n               \n               \n            \/>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pliniusz-starszy.jpg\"\n               rel=\"fancybox\"\n               title=\"Pliny the Elder\">\n                <div class=\"iover\">\n                    <div class=\"zicon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"opis\">\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/pliny-the-elder\/\">Pliny the Elder<\/a>            <\/div>\n        \n        \n    <\/div>\n    \n<p><a title=\"Pliny the Elder\" href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/biografie\/pliniusz-starszy\/\">Pliny the Elder<\/a> (<em>Caius Plinius Secundus<\/em>) lived from 23 to 79 CE. He was a Roman writer and scholar. His only surviving work is &#8220;Natural History&#8221;, a kind of encyclopedia, which is a mine of knowledge and ideas in Roman times.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"cyt\">\n<li>&#8220;Physician being the only person that can kill another with sovereign impunity&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Medicoque tantum hominem occidisse inpunitas summa est]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Pliny severly refers here to the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-constitution\/roman-law\/\">Roman law<\/a> did not forbid doctors to &#8220;experiment&#8221; and apply their innovative treatments to patients.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em>, XXIX.18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The one race of outstanding eminence in virtue among all the races in the whole world is undoubtedly the Roman&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Gentium in toto orbe praestantissima una omnium virtute haud dubie Romana extitit]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em>, VII.41<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Not a single day without a line&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Nulla dies sine linea]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: words spoken by the Greek painter Apelles.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em>, XXXV, 84<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;There is nothing certain, and that there is nothing more proud or more wretched than man&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Quasi quidquam infelicius sit homine cui sua figmenta dominantur]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em> II, 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;[&#8230;] how happy, how truly delightful even would life be, if we were to desire nothing but what is to be found upon the face of the earth; in a word, nothing but what is provided ready to our hands!&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[(&#8230;) quam beata, immo vero etiam delicata esset vita, si nihil aliunde quam supra terras concupisceret, breviterque, nisi quod secum est!]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em> XXXIII, 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Meaningless thunderbol&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Brutum fulmen]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: later used as &#8220;empty threat&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em> II.43<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;In a nutshell&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[In nuce]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: a reference to the words of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/biographies\/cicero\/\">Cicero<\/a>, who claimed that on a small piece of parchment the text of Homer&#8217;s &#8220;Iliad&#8221; could fit in a nut shell.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em> VII.21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Only a doctor can kill a man with impunity&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Medicoque tantum hominem occidisse inpunitas summa est]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em> XXIX.8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Out of <a href=\"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/romes-contacts-with-africa-and-far-east\/\">Africa<\/a>, always something new&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Ex Africa semper aliquid novi]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: Greek saying used in antiquity, known in the &#8220;What&#8217;s new in Africa?&#8221; version. It emphasized the uniqueness of this area.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em> II, 8, 42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I died from having too many doctors&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Turba se medicorum perisse]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: a tombstone inscription of an &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; patient. Pliny emphasizes that in his time doctors often differed as to the method of treatment, which was the main loss for the patient.\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em> XXIX, 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;With a grain of salt&#8221;\n<ul class=\"cyt2\">\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">latin<\/span>: <em>[Cum grano salis]<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">description<\/span>: with the addition of skepticism.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"underlined\">source<\/span>: Pliny the Elder, <em>Natural history<\/em> XXIII, 8, 149<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus) lived from 23 to 79 CE. He was a Roman writer and scholar. His only surviving work is &#8220;Natural History&#8221;, a kind of encyclopedia, which is a mine of knowledge and ideas in Roman times. &#8220;Physician being the only person that can kill another with sovereign impunity&#8221; latin: [Medicoque [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":91355,"parent":70268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91361","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91361\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}