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Quotation from Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
“In every man there dwells, first and foremost, a colossal egoism, which breaks the bounds of right and justice with the greatest freedom”
Essays and Aphorisms, On Human Nature, 'Human Nature', trans. T. Bailey Saunders (1897)
Schopenhauer's starting point for ethics and politics: egoism as the primary human motive.
Citation: "In every man there dwells, first and foremost, a colossal egoism, which breaks the bounds of right and justice with the greatest freedom" — Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms, On Human Nature, 'Human Nature', trans. T. Bailey Saunders (1897). (id essays-and-aphorisms-q2)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
