Absolutely nothing Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and... absolutely nothing else. And through the development of this capacity, man may…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Civilization is the sum total of all those activities that allow men to transcend mere biological existence and reach for a richer mental, aesthetic,…

— Anthony Daniels

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his faculties: perception, invention, improvisation.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.

— Ludwig von Mises

Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

— Charles Kingsley

We have not to construct human nature afresh, but to take it as we find it, and make the best of it.

— Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

All the advantages that man has gained from his ever-deepening understanding of the natural world that surrounds him, his technological, chemical and medical progress,…

— Konrad Lorenz

There is a saying in China that the nature of man is found there, in the center, where emotions are not yet manifest. In…

— Richard Wilhelm

“In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so…

— Anonymous

The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury,…

— Oliver Goldsmith

The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure.

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin