Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Nature of man

Author

Charles Caleb Colton

Source

Lacon

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Clergyman Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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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.

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring-not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
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Clement Clarke Moore

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Time
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What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, feeble earth-worn, depository of truth, a sink of uncertainty and error, the glory and the shame of the universe.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1670 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 4.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 4.