Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.

Charles Caleb Colton

More information about this quote

Topic

Nature of man

Author

Charles Caleb Colton

Source

Lacon

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Clergyman Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Colton, Charles Caleb. Lacon: Or Many Things In Few Words Addressed To Those Who Think. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Charles Caleb Colton about nature of man: “Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.”
Download
A quote by Charles Caleb Colton about nature of man: “Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.”
Download
A quote by Charles Caleb Colton about nature of man: “Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1820s

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Heinrich Heine

More information about this quote
Topic
Book burning Censorship Freedom of speech and expression Freedom Totalitarianism

Author

Heinrich Heine
Source
Almansor
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragic play
Language
German
Time
1821 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Heine, Heinrich. Almansor. 1821.

Another quote about Nature of man

Man is a social animal.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

Buy Ethics at Amazon Buy Ethics at Amazon
Read Ethics at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Man as social animal Nature of man

Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.