The Man in the Panther Skin (Shota Rustaveli, The Man in the Panther Skin, Text and Versions, Edited by Akaki Shanidze and Alexandre Baramidze, Tbilisi, 1966)

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Author	Shota Rustaveli
Epoch	XII-XIII
Work	The Man in the Panther Skin (Shota Rustaveli, The Man in the Panther Skin, Text and Versions, Edited by Akaki Shanidze and Alexandre Baramidze, Tbilisi, 1966)
Type	Poetry
Quote	“<<Every good (literally: alike) gives birth to good (literally: to alike)>>; this saying belongs to sages” (1323, 4)
Term	Every good (literally: alike) gives birth to good (literally: to alike) ( Anaxagoras ) sages ( Anaxagoras; Aristotle, “Metaphysics”; Proclus )

Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.

Comment	In N. Natadze’s opinion, “this thesis [Every good (literally: alike) gives birth to good (literally: to alike)] belongs to Anaxagoras (V c. B.C.)”, from where it moved to Aristotle’s “Metaphysics”, and, slightly modified, to Proclus and Saint Basil the Great. “Rustaveli may mean other sages too” (see Shota Rustaveli, “The Man in the Panther Skin”, School Edition with Introduction, Literary Review, Dictionary and Commentary, Edited by N. Natadze, Tbilisi, II edition, 2006 (in Georgian), pg. 488). [Z.Kh.]

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In N. Natadze’s opinion, “this thesis [Every good (literally: alike) gives birth to good (literally: to alike)] belongs to Anaxagoras (V c. B.C.)”, from where it moved to Aristotle’s “Metaphysics”, and, slightly modified, to Proclus and Saint Basil the Great. “Rustaveli may mean other sages too” (see Shota Rustaveli, “The Man in the Panther Skin”, School Edition with Introduction, Literary Review, Dictionary and Commentary, Edited by N. Natadze, Tbilisi, II edition, 2006 (in Georgian), pg. 488). [Z.Kh.]

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