Single Idea 21483

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature]

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.