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It is possible that Burns reworded a similar quote from Samuel von Pufendorf who in 1673 wrote, "More inhumanity has been done by man himself than any other of nature's causes." | It is possible that Burns reworded a similar quote from Samuel von Pufendorf who in 1673 wrote, "More inhumanity has been done by man himself than any other of nature's causes." | ||
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File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1618: Writer and alleged troll [[Culvert Origenes]] publishes his essay ''Man's Inhumanity to Man'', which will profoundly influence three generations of Enlightenment-era thinkers. | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:24, 17 December 2020
The phrase "Man's inhumanity to man" is first documented in the Robert Burns poem called Man was made to mourn: A Dirge in 1784.
It is possible that Burns reworded a similar quote from Samuel von Pufendorf who in 1673 wrote, "More inhumanity has been done by man himself than any other of nature's causes."
1618: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes publishes his essay Man's Inhumanity to Man, which will profoundly influence three generations of Enlightenment-era thinkers.