The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

David Hume

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Man and animals Insignificance of man The universe

Author

David Hume

Source

Of Suicide Essays on Suicide and The Immortality of the Soul

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Essay

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Hume, David, [published anonymously]. "Of Suicide." Essays on Suicide and The Immortality of the Soul, Ascribed to the Late David Hume, Esq. Unknown Publisher, 1777.

Current Citation

Hume, David. "Of Suicide." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 3, no. 9.

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We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

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Another quote from 1776

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Declaration of Independence

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Declaration of Independence
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Language
English
Time
1776 1770s 18th century
Era
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United States Declaration of Independence. 1776.

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Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be blessed.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Man

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Alexander Pope
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An Essay on Man
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1733 1730s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 1, l. 95.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 95.