Appeal to Antiquity
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Saying that something is true or virtuous because it was believed traditionally, believed in the past or has a long history. It is often based in the belief that ancient peoples had access to some kind of wisdom or knowledge that has been lost in modern times.
An appeal to the recent past is called an appeal to nostalgia.
Example
Try drinking lemon water to cure your cold; that's what the Aztecs did. The world today has lost their ancient wisdom.
Famous Examples
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My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.
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Just as we stood for freedom in the 20th century, we must stand together for the right of people everywhere to live free from fear in the 21st century. As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.
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Well, my thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman. It's a well-established, fundamental pillar of society and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality. It doesn't matter what they are. They don't get to change the definition.
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Organic food production has existed for thousands of years (since the beginning of agriculture) and it will continue as long as humans live on the planet.
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For thousands of years, human beings have been obsessed with beauty, truth, love, honor, altruism, courage, social relationships, art, and God. They all go together as subjective experiences, and it’s a straw man to set God up as the delusion. If he is, then so is truth itself or beauty itself.
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Consciousness, rather than being an epiphenomenon of matter, is actually the source of matter. It differentiates into space, time, energy, information, and matter. Even though this view is an ancient view, an ancient world view, it is now finding some resonance amongst a few scientists.
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In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.
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Throughout history, people have proclaimed that all living beings, especially humans, emit an aura. You see visible proof of this belief in art. Several paintings and sculptures that depict divinity always have a halo around the head of the subject. This is a visible depiction of the aura that the most knowledgeable people and the brightest minds in history believe existed.
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Matt Horner: I caught Tychus hacking into our database, sniffing around about Kerrigan. I don't know what his game is but we clearly can't trust him.
Jim Raynor: Matt, me and Tychus ran together a long time. Got into all sorts of trouble.
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Quinoa Flour... A versatile 'healing food' flour that can replace flour in most recipes. Quinoa is an ancient grain, used extensively by the Incas. It offers the highest protein of any grain, even boasting a complete protein (all essential amino acids)
Context: 'Secret Sources' by Mike Adams -
Quantum-Touch is a method of natural healing that works with the Life Force Energy of the body to promote optimal wellness. Life Force Energy, also known as “chi” in Chinese and “prana” in Sanskrit, is the flow of energy that sustains all living beings.
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Sixty iterations off the central finite curve, there's a Rick that works more with wood than polarity plating. (...) He realized long ago that the greatest thing he'd ever create was his daughter. We captured that moment, we run it on a loop through Simple Rick's mind, and the chemical it makes his brain secrete goes into every Simple Rick Simple Wafer Cookie. Come home to the impossible flavor of your own completion. Come home to Simple Rick's.
Context: Rick and Morty season 3 episode 9 - The Ricklantis Mixup -
Jerry: Traditionally science fairs are a father-son thing.
Rick: Well scientifically traditions are an idiot thing.
Context: Rick and Morty season 1, episode 9 - Something Ricked This Way Comes
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