The Silver Rule
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The Silver Rule, "Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you", is a standard of behaviour found in the writings of, amongst others, Hillel the Elder. It is related to the ethical principle of the Golden Rule.[1]
The Silver Rule is similar in meaning to the Hippocratic Oath, known best for the declaration "do no harm", . Hippocrates wrote, in his Epidemics, Bk. I, Sect. XI. "Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least to do no harm." The shorter expression might be interpreted as a simplification of the longer one.
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- ^ Sagan, Carl (1997). "16 The rules of the game". Billions and billions: thoughts on life and death at the brink of the millennium. Balantine Books. pp. 219–229. ISBN 0-345-37918-7.
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