Timon of Athens (person)
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Timon of Athens was a citizen of Athens whose reputation for misanthropy grew to legendary status. According to the historian Plutarch, Timon lived during the era of the Peloponnesian War.
Timon renounces society (1803 engraving for Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene 1)
Timon of Athens by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1767
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Misanthropy
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Misanthropy is the general hatred, dislike, or distrust of the human species, human behavior, or human nature. A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. Misanthropy i
Timon of Athens (person)
…Athens ( TY-mən; Ancient Greek: Τίμων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, romanized: Tímōn ho Athēnaîos, gen. Τίμωνος, Tímōnos) was a citizen of Athens whose reputation for misanthropy grew to legendary status. According to the historian Plutarch, Timon lived during the era of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC). According to Lucian…
Engraving depicting the play Le Misanthrope by Molière
Misanthropy is often associated with the tendency to avoid social contacts, as portrayed in the painting The Misanthrope by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Moral flaws of human beings are exemplified in harm done to humans by other humans, like the mass killings during the Holocaust.
Misanthropes often focus on the harm done by humans to animals on a large scale, as in factory farming.