There is nothing new under the sun
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There is nothing new under the sun is a dictum that means that there is nothing truly novel in existence. Every new idea has some sort of precedent or echo from the past.
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- We come too late to say anything which has not been said already by La Bruyere
- Toutes les choses qui sont aisées à bien dire ont été parfaitement dites ; le reste est notre affaire ou notre tâche : tâche pénible by Joubert
- Philosophy is a series of footnotes by Alfred Whitehead
Etymology
From Latin nihil sub sole novum, from the Hebrew, from Ecclesiastes 1:9.
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