Man is a Tool-using Animal...without Tools he is nothing, with Tools he is all.

Thomas Carlyle

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Man and animals Tools Nature of man

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

Sartor Resartus

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Sartor Resartus." Fraser's Magazine, Nov. 1833–Aug. 1834. Serial.

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Carlyle, Thomas. Sartor Resartus, edited by Kerry McSweeney and Peter Sabor. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 5.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "We Reach the Same End by Discrepant Means." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.