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Quotation from Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer

“man is the only animal which causes pain to others without any further purpose than just to cause it”

Arthur Schopenhauer (spoken by Schopenhauer)

Essays and Aphorisms, On Human Nature, 'Human Nature', trans. T. Bailey Saunders (1897)

Portrait of Arthur Schopenhauer

Schopenhauer adopts Gobineau's description of man as 'l'animal méchant par excellence'.

Citation: "man is the only animal which causes pain to others without any further purpose than just to cause it" — Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms, On Human Nature, 'Human Nature', trans. T. Bailey Saunders (1897). (id essays-and-aphorisms-q4)

Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.

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