Man to Man is an arrant wolf.

Homo homini Lupus.

Thomas Hobbes

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Topic

Man's cruelty to man Cruelty Human nature

Author

Thomas Hobbes

Source

De Cive

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1642 1640s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. De Cive [On the citizen]. Paris, 1642.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Man and Citizen (De Homine and De Cive), edited by Bernard Gert. Hackett Publishing, 1991.

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No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Thomas Hobbes

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Topic
State of nature Barbarism Civilization

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Source
Leviathan
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1651 1650s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 13.

Another quote about Human nature

As long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

Aldous Huxley

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Topic
Human nature Political leadership Politics

Author

Aldous Huxley
Source
Ends and Means
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Huxley, Aldous. Ends and Means (an Enquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization). Chatto & Windus, 1937, ch. 8.

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If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

Voltaire

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Topic
Problem of evil

Author

Voltaire
Source
Candide
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satire
Statement Type
Question
Language
French
Time
1759 1750s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 6.

Another quote originally in Latin

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.

Virgil

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Power of love Love
Speaker
Gallus

Author

Virgil
Source
Eclogues
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
37 BC 30s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 10.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 10.