When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Eric Hoffer

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Topic

Conformity Man as social animal

Author

Eric Hoffer

Source

The Passionate State of Mind, and Other Aphorisms

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United States

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Hoffer, Eric. The Passionate State of Mind, and Other Aphorisms. Harper & Row, 1955, no. 33.

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Source
Philosophical Investigations
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophische Untersuchungen [Philosophical Investigations]. Suhrkamp, 1953, pt. 2.

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No man is an Island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

John Donne

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes

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Interconnectedness of all people Man as social animal

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John Donne
Source
Meditation XVII Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1624 1620s 17th century
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Original Citation

Donne, John. "Meditation XVII." Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes. London, 1624.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions." Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel. Vintage, 1999, meditation 17.