Man alone consumes and engulfs more flesh than all other animals put together. He is, then, the greatest destroyer, and he is so more by abuse than by necessity.

George Louis Leclerc

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Topic

Human destructiveness Man and animals

Author

George Louis Leclerc

Source

Histoire Naturelle

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

French

Time

1753 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Mathematician Scientist Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Leclerc, Georges-Louis, Comte de Buffon. Histoire Naturelle. 1753.

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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