To say, for example, that a man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those who intend to use him as a fertilizer.

Hermann Joseph Muller

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Topic

Nature of man Scientism

Author

Hermann Joseph Muller

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Scientist

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Muller, H. J. Science and Criticism; the Humanistic Tradition in Contemporary Thought. Yale University Press/Oxford University Press, 1943, ch. 5.

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Man is a social animal.

Baruch Spinoza

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Medium
Treatise
Genre
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Language
Latin
Time
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Authentication Score 3
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Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.

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Another quote from 1943

I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
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Everybody but me.

Langston Hughes

The Black Man Speaks

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Topic
Jim Crow Black experience

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
The Black Man Speaks
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Black Man Speaks." Jim Crow’s Last Stand. Negro Publications Society of America, 1943, I. 1.