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He cites an example of a day when the electricity of New York City went out and how unnatural it seemed for the streets to be filled with darkness; darkness being a state of man's first nature. However, because of man's tools, a state of lighted streets has become natural. [8] One major example of man's instruments is exemplified in technology. [9]
“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.” Related: Wisdom from the 'Philosopher King'—75 Famous Quotes from Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Tropes (from Greek trepein, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words to convey the opposite of their usual meaning ("For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men"). During the Renaissance, scholars meticulously enumerated and classified figures of speech.
The definition of man as a rational animal was common in scholastical philosophy. [6] Catholic Encyclopedia states that this definition means that "in the system of classification and definition shown in the Arbor Porphyriana , man is a substance , corporeal , living , sentient , and rational ".
45 Stephen Hawking Quotes. 1. “Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” 2. “It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.”
21. "It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one." 22. "Beauty is a short-lived tyranny." 23. "A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere ...
Protagoras is credited with the philosophy of relativism, which he discussed in his lost work, Truth (also known as Refutations). [ 13 ] [ 19 ] Although knowledge of Protagoras' position is limited, his relativism is inferred from one of his most famous statements: "Man is the measure of all things: of the things that are, that they are, of the ...
"Here is Plato's man." In response, Plato added to his definition: πλατυώνυχον platuṓnukhon "Having broad nails" [14] As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers [15] ζῷον πολιτικόν zôion politikón "Man is by nature a political animal", i.e. animal of the polis or social being