Man's nature, his passions and anxieties, are a cultural product; as a matter of fact, man himself is the most important creation and achievement of the continuous human effort, the record of which we call history.

Erich Fromm

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Human nature

Author

Erich Fromm

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Escape from Freedom

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Psychological literature

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist Philosopher Writer

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Germany Europe

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Fromm, Erich. Escape from Freedom. Farrar & Rinehart, 1941, ch. 1.

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History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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History

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George Orwell
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As I Please Tribune
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Article Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

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Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.

Another quote about Human nature

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasions for it.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy

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Political theory Government Human nature

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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Discourses on Livy
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Italian
Time
1531 1530s 16th century
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Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio [Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy]. Papal Privilege, 1531, bk. 1, ch. 3

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolo. Discourses on Livy, translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella and Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1, ch. 3.

Another quote from 1941

And were an epitaph to be my story
I'd have a short one ready for my own.
I would have written of me on my stone:
I have a lovers quarrel with the world.

Robert Frost

The Lesson for Today

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Man and the world

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Robert Frost
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The Lesson for Today
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Frost, Robert. Reading of The Lesson for Today at Harvard University. 20 June 1941, Phi Beta Kappa Society meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.