There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.

Nichts fϋrchetet der Mensch mehr als die Berϋhrung durch Unbekanntes.

Elias Canetti

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Topic

The unknown Human nature

Author

Elias Canetti

Source

Crowds and Power

Genre

Political literature

Language

German

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Austria Europe

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Citation

Canetti, Elias. Masse und Macht [Mass and Power]. Claassen-Verlag, 1960.

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I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise, they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a. M. Of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

Joan Didion

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Personal growth

Author

Joan Didion
Source
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Medium
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Time
1968 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Didion, Joan. "On Keeping a Notebook." Holiday, 1966.

Another quote about Human nature

All men have need of the Gods.

Homer

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God and man God Human nature

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 3, l. 48.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 3, l. 48.

Another quote originally in German

If ye would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not get yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads!

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1885, pt. 4.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 4.