It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

John Stuart Mill

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Man and animals

Author

John Stuart Mill

Source

Utilitarianism

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." Fraser's Magazine, 1861, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 2.

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The sea of faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furl'd;
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.

Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,

Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.

Matthew Arnold

Dover Beach

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Topic
Decline of religion Disenchanted world Modern life

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Matthew Arnold
Source
Dover Beach
Language
English
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Dover Beach." New Poems. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867, st. 3, 4.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Dover Beach." Dover Beach and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2012, st. 3, 4.

Another quote about Man and animals

Man appears to be the missing link between anthropoid apes and human beings.

Konrad Lorenz

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Man and animals
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Konrad Lorenz
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Lorenz, Konrad. Quoted in New York Times Magazine. 11 Apr. 1965.

Another quote from 1861

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Isabella Mary Beeton

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Topic
Interior design

Author

Isabella Mary Beeton
Source
The Book of Household Management
Language
English
Time
1861 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management. S. O. Beeton Publishing, 1861, ch. 2.