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The Human being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a synthesis of the infinite and finite, of the temporal and the eternal, of freedom and necessity.

A Human being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠'what we all know', by Democritus' definition — from which Sextus Empiricus wittily concludes that a human being is a dog.

A Human being (n.) withers ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like a flower, yet from the side of freedom is something great — a consciousness that not even God, who gave it, can wrest away.

The Human being (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be found while one is young; Diogenes with his lantern by day should not be mocked, for whoever has not found a man in youth may need one.

Human being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not lower than the distinctions we invent but high above them: at the solemn moment, and at death, we say not 'Your Majesty' but simply 'Man!'