There is no such thing as a human nature independent of culture.

Clifford Geertz

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Human nature Culture

Author

Clifford Geertz

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Anthropologist

From

United States

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Geertz, Clifford. "The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man." The Monday Lectures. 1965, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Woody Allen

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Actor
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Love and Death. Directed by Woody Allen, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, 1975.

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Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.

Immanuel Kant

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Topic
Imperfection Human nature

Author

Immanuel Kant
Source
Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1784 1780s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Kant, Immanuel. "Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in weltbürgerlicher Absicht [Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose]." Berlinische Monatsschrift, Nov. 1784.