Homo sum, et nihil humani a me alienum puto
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| - | "'''Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto'''" ("I am a man, I think nothing human alien to me") is the latin translation of a Greek line from the play "[[The Self-Tormentor]]" by [[New Comedy]] playwright [[Menander]] that [[Terence]] adapted. It is translated in English as "I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me." | + | "'''Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto'''" ("I am a man, I think nothing human alien to me") is the Latin translation of a Greek line from the play ''[[The Self-Tormentor]]'' by [[Menander]] that [[Terence]] adapted. |
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| + | It is translated in English as "I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me." | ||
| The quote became a [[proverb]] and throughout the ages was quoted by [[Cicero]] and [[Saint Augustine]], but most notably by [[Seneca]]. | The quote became a [[proverb]] and throughout the ages was quoted by [[Cicero]] and [[Saint Augustine]], but most notably by [[Seneca]]. | ||
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| It was quoted in a different form by [[Dostoyevsky]] ("But you've only to assume that I, too, am a man /et nihil humanum/" in ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' and as "Сатана sum et nihil humanum" in ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]''. | It was quoted in a different form by [[Dostoyevsky]] ("But you've only to assume that I, too, am a man /et nihil humanum/" in ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' and as "Сатана sum et nihil humanum" in ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]''. | ||
| - | The quote obviously inspired [[Nietzsche]] when he wrote ''[[Human, All Too Human]]''. | + | The dictum obviously inspired [[Nietzsche]] when he wrote ''[[Human, All Too Human]]''. |
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"Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto" ("I am a man, I think nothing human alien to me") is the Latin translation of a Greek line from the play The Self-Tormentor by Menander that Terence adapted.
It is translated in English as "I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me."
The quote became a proverb and throughout the ages was quoted by Cicero and Saint Augustine, but most notably by Seneca.
It was quoted in a different form by Dostoyevsky ("But you've only to assume that I, too, am a man /et nihil humanum/" in Crime and Punishment and as "Сатана sum et nihil humanum" in The Brothers Karamazov.
The dictum obviously inspired Nietzsche when he wrote Human, All Too Human.
See also
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