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Man Quotes by Christopher Dawson
- The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.
- For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and…
- If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life…
- Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves…
- Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers.
- No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe has done during…
- If man attempts to suppress the animal side of his nature by a sheer effort of conscious will, nature finds a hundred unexpected and unpleasant…
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle