| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Do unto others as you would have them do unto you |
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| A command based on words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount: “All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” The Mosaic law contains a parallel commandment: “Whatever is hurtful to you, do not do to any other person.” | 1 |
| ‡ “Do unto others …” is a central ethical teaching of Jesus, often referred to as the Golden Rule. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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