There is nothing new under the sun
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| *[[We come too late to say anything which has not been said already]] by Jean de La Bruyère, | *[[We come too late to say anything which has not been said already]] by Jean de La Bruyère, | ||
| - | *[[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 | + | *[[All things that are easy to say have already been perfectly said]] by Joubert |
| *[[Western philosophy is just a series of footnotes to Plato]] by Alfred Whitehead | *[[Western philosophy is just a series of footnotes to Plato]] by Alfred Whitehead | ||
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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.
Variants
- We come too late to say anything which has not been said already by Jean de La Bruyère,
- All things that are easy to say have already been perfectly said by Joubert
- Western philosophy is just a series of footnotes to Plato by Alfred Whitehead
Etymology
From Latin nihil sub sole novum, from the Hebrew, from Ecclesiastes 1:9.
See also
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