Oscar Wilde quote about reason from The Picture of Dorian Gray - I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.
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“ I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational. ”
 Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). copy citation

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Author Oscar Wilde
Source The Picture of Dorian Gray
Topic reason man animal
Date 1890
Language English
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Oscar Wilde quote about reason from The Picture of Dorian Gray - I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.
Oscar Wilde quote about reason from The Picture of Dorian Gray - I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.