Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

L'homme est la seule créature qui refuse d'être ce qu'il est.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Human nature Being oneself Authenticity The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Rebel

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

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Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

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Another quote by Albert Camus

It is not rebellion itself that is noble, but its aims, even though its achievements are at times ignoble.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Topic
Rebellion Resisting authority

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Rebel
Medium
Novel
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

Another quote from the 1950s

I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.

Sylvia Plath

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Topic
Self-destruction Destructive impulses

Author

Sylvia Plath
Medium
Personal journal
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Plath, Sylvia. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962, edited by Karen V Kukil. Anchor Books, 2000. Originally a journal entry, 29 Mar. 1951.

Another quote about Human nature

God is dead: but as the human race is constituted, there will perhaps be caves for millenniums yet, in which people will show his shadow.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Existence of God God Decline of religion Atheism Human nature

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Gay Science
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 108.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 108.

Another quote originally in French

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic
Nature of power

Author

Simone Weil
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology, translated by Sian Miles. Grove Press, 2000.