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When you have multiple sources for information like a quote, which source do you use in your book or essay. The one you may have gotten from an authors work about what a particular individual said ...
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2019-12-08T04:11:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
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brewpixels
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2019-12-08T04:11:52Z (almost 5 years ago)
When you have multiple sources for information like a quote, which source do you use in your book or essay. The one you may have gotten from an authors work about what a particular individual said or do you cite this persons original work? For example I have this passage in a book I'm reading. > Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) believed that intercourse with a pregnant woman was a mortal sin only when there was a danger of miscarriage (Commentary on the Sentences 4, 31, 2, 3) If in my essay or book I wanted to say that Aquinas believed intercourse with a pregnant woman was sinful, do I cite the author's work above for my source or find exactly what Aquinas said in _Commentary on the Sentences_ and cite that?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-04-20T18:07:00Z (over 9 years ago)
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