The sages
quoted 7 times by 4 works · as a person
Most often reported — someone's speech given in report. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
1 quoted · 3 reported · 3 carried
2 neutral 1 endorsedin the voice of Miskawayh 1 , The Sages 1 , The sages 1 , al-Māwardī 1 , the sages 1
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in the voice of The sages
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Adab al-wazīr al-Māwardī 4 citations · 9 passages
ch. 3 3 passages anchored here · section: boldness 2 passages anchored here · ch. 6 2 passages anchored here · section: on dismissal · ch. 9The formula some of the sages have said introduces direct quotation repeatedly.
Some of the sages have said:
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in the voice of Miskawayh
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al-Saʻādah fī falsafat al-akhlāq Miskawayh 1 endorsed 1 citation
The doctrine is explicitly ascribed to the sages' inquiry and stated definitionally.
As for his near perfection, it is the issuing of acts from him out of deliberation and discrimination, and that he should order them according to what the intellect (ʻaql) requires;
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in the voice of the sages
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Manusmṛti Manu 1 neutral 1 citation
A direct quoted question is attributed to the sages addressing Bhṛgu.
"O Lord, for Brāhmaṇas who thus follow their own Dharma as prescribed, how does death have power over these knowers of the Veda and the sacred treatises?
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in the voice of The Sages
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Yama Smṛti Yama 1 neutral 1 citation
The sages are marked as speakers and their question is reported directly, framing the dialogue.
Those who have committed great sins, and minor sinners as well, / by which vows they are purified—tell that to us, O great sage.
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