Man as social animal

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Man is a social animal.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Man as social animal Nature of man

Author

Baruch Spinoza

Source

Ethics

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1677 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.

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

Author

John Donne

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Meditation XVII Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1624 1620s 17th century

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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.

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

Groucho Marx

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Social status Man as social animal

Author

Groucho Marx

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Marx, Groucho. Letter to President of Hollywood Club. c. 1949.

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.

Thomas Mann

The Magic Mountain

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Society and the individual Man as social animal

Author

Thomas Mann

Source

The Magic Mountain

Medium

Novel

Language

German

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

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Mann, Thomas. Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1924, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Mann, Thomas. The Magic Mountain. Everyman's Library, 2005, ch. 2.

The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self. The ultimate touchstone is witness: the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone.

David Whyte

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Nature of friendship Friendship Man as social animal

Author

David Whyte

Language

English

Time

2020 2020s 21st century

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Whyte, David. "Friendship." Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment, and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. Canongate Books, 2020.

Mankind have been created for the sake of one another.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 8.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 8.

Everybody needs a co-pilot.

Up in the Air

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Relationships Man as social animal

Speaker

Ryan Bingham

Actor

George Clooney

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.

No matter how a man alone ain't got no bloody fucking chance.

Ernest Hemingway

To Have and Have Not

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Man as social animal

Speaker

Harry Morgan

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

To Have and Have Not

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. To Have and Have Not. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937, ch. 23.

Can't rely on anyone these days, you have to do everything yourself, don't we.

The Joker

The Dark Knight

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Man as social animal Relying on others Individualism

Speaker

The Joker

Actor

Heath Ledger

Source

The Dark Knight

Medium

Film

Genre

Superhero (film) Crime drama (film) Superhero Crime drama

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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The Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2008.

Man was formed for society.

William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England

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Man as social animal Nature of man

Author

William Blackstone

Source

Commentaries on the Laws of England

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1765 1760s 18th century

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Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book the First. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1765, introduction, sec. 2.

Current Citation

Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book I Of the Rights of Persons, edited by David Lemmings. Oxford University Press, 2016, introduction, sec. 2.

This is living, not to live unto oneself alone.

Menander

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Man as social animal Serving others

Author

Menander

Source

The Brothers in Love

Medium

Fragment

Language

Greek

Time

290 BC 290s BC 3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Menander. The Brothers in Love. c. 3rd century BC, fragment 508.

When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.

Game of Thrones

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Strength in numbers Man as social animal

Speaker

Sansa Stark

Actor

Sophie Turner

Source

Game of Thrones

Medium

TV program

Genre

Fantasy (TV) Drama (TV) Fantasy Drama

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"The Dragon and the Wolf." Game of Thrones, written by George R.R. Martin and David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, directed by Jeremy Podeswa, season 7, episode 7, Television 360 and Startling and Bighead Littlehead, 2017.

The social state is at once so natural, so necessary, and so habitual to man, that...he never conceives himself otherwise than as a member of a body.

John Stuart Mill

Utiliarianism

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Man as social animal

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John Stuart Mill

Source

Utiliarianism

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." Fraser's Magazine, 1861, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "Utilitarianism." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 3.

There is nothing in the whole world so painful as feeling that one is not liked. It always seems to me that people who hate me must be suffering from some strange form of lunacy.

Sei Shonagon

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Wanting to be liked Man as social animal

Author

Sei Shonagon

Language

Japanese

Time

1002 1000s 11th century

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Sei Shonagon. 枕草子 [The Pillow Book]. c. 1002.

Current Citation

Sei Shonagon. The Pillow Book, translated by Meredith McKinney. Penguin Classics, 2007.

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.

Adam Smith

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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Man as social animal Empathy Human nature

Author

Adam Smith

Source

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Opening lines

Language

English

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London: Andrew Millar/Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell, 1759, pt. 1, sect. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments, edited by Ryan Patrick Hanley. Penguin, 2010, pt. 1, sect. 1, ch. 1.

There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences.

Wallace Stegner

All the Little Live Things

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Interconnectedness of all people Man as social animal Relationships

Author

Wallace Stegner

Source

All the Little Live Things

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Stegner, Wallace. All the Little Live Things. Penguin Publishing Group, 1991.

To be like everyone else. Isn't that what we all want in the end?

Carol Shields

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Conformity Man as social animal

Author

Carol Shields

Source

Larry's Party

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Shields, Carol. Larry's Party. Knopf Canada, 1997, ch. 9.

Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence.

Rabindranath Tagore

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Individual vs. the collective Isolation The crowd Man as social animal

Author

Rabindranath Tagore

Language

Bengali

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Tagore, Rabindrath. Stray Birds. The Macmillan Company, 1916, no. 110.

I know things can really get rough when you go it alone. Don’t go thinking you gotta be tough and bleed like a stone.

The Shins

Simple Song

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Support from others Support Man as social animal

Speaker

The Shins

Source

Simple Song

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Mercer, James. "Simple Song." Port of Morrow. Aural Apothecary/Columbia Records, 2012.

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

M.F.K. Fisher

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Eating Food Man as social animal

Author

M.F.K. Fisher

Source

An Alphabet for Gourmets

Medium

Essay

Genre

Food writing

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fisher, Mary Frances Kennedy. An Alphabet for Gourmets. The Viking Press, 1949.