Nature a, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque instinct à l'inhumanité

Michel De Montaigne
Nature a, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque...
Nature a, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque...
Nature a, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque...
Nature a, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque...
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Nature, (ce crains-je) elle mesme attaché à l'homme quelque instinct à l'inhumanità has been translated as Nature herself is afraid of man, but that is not what it means. The actual quote is Nature herself is attached to man some instinct of inhumanity. The saying is about the fear that nature has of humans. Humans are wild animals and they hunt down other animals. This fear of animals for humans shows the kind of things that humans do to one another.

Source: The Complete Essays

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