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Man Quotes by R. D. Laing
- The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our…
- The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man.
- Society highly values its normal man. It educates children to lose themselves and to become absurd, and thus to be normal.
- A man who says that men are machines may be a great scientist. A man who says he is a machine is 'depersonalized' in psychiatric…
- Man as seen as an organism or man as seen as a person discloses different aspects of the human reality to the investigator. Both are…
- I, for instance, regard any particular man as finite, as one who has had a beginning and who will have an end. He has been…
- The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society highly…
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
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle