Full Idea
Man is at bottom a dreadful wild animal.
Gist of Idea
Man is essentially a dreadful wild animal
Source
Arthur Schopenhauer (Parerga and Paralipomena [1851], VIII:114)
Book Reference
Schopenhauer,Arthur: 'Essays and Aphorisms [from Pand P]', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1970], p.138
A Reaction
As an example he cites the slave owners in the United States.