What does the expression “all people are equal before God” mean? Do you need to respect yourself? The expression of a person's eyes and their meaning.

This term has other meanings, see Man to man.

« Man is a wolf to man"(lat. Homo homini lupus est) - a proverbial expression from the comedy “Donkeys” (lat. Asinaria), which is used to characterize such human relationships and morals in which extreme selfishness, hostility, and antagonism predominate.

It means a sarcastic description of an extremely selfish person. Used when discussing vile acts that a person commits towards another person.

The first mention of the expression was found in the work “Donkeys” by the ancient Roman comedian Plautus. In contrast, Seneca wrote that “man is something sacred to man.” Both aphorisms were used by Thomas Hobbes in the dedication to his work De Cive (1651): “If we speak impartially, both sayings are true; man is a kind of God to man, and it is true that man is a wolf to man, if we compare people with each other; and secondly, if we compare cities.” Hobbes's observations, in turn, echo Plautus's assertion that humans are by nature selfish.

The XXII Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1961 decided that “man is man’s friend, comrade and brother.” This principle was supposed to become the basis of communist morality, in contrast to the principle of “man is a wolf to man”, which has prevailed since slaveholding times.

Man to man is a wolf:

Man to man wolf Man to man wolf
From Latin: Homo homini lupus est (Homo homini lupus est|.
From the play “Asinaria” (“Donkey Comedy”) by the Roman writer and playwright Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus, c. 250 - 184 BC).
The expression gained a second life and became popular thanks to the English philosopher and political scientist Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), who used it in his work “Leviathan” (Part 1, Chapter 14). This is how he commented on his thesis about the “war of all against all,” that is, about the condition that was characteristic of the human community before the advent of the institution of the state.

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Man is a wolf to man An expression from the Asinaria of the Roman writer Plautus (c. 254-184 BC), often quoted in Latin ("Homo homini lupus est" or "Lupus est homo homini "); used as a formula for extreme egoism.

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What does the saying “Man is a wolf to man” mean?

Prokhorov

Yes, a person evaluates another person the same way as any predator, the same wolf, say, evaluates. That is, he evaluates it either as a possible prey or as a degree of danger. In the first case, he will start to laugh, in the second he will behave gallantly until better times (and the wolf would simply leave). This is something a person has by nature. And if a person is not like that (rarely, but it happens), it means either his parents, or he worked on himself.

Alex coachman

This means the naked truth. A person (as opposed to the same wolf) is envy, anger. revenge, greed, crime, theft, lies, etc. And not every animal treats a person as badly as he (the person) treats him.

What does the saying “man is a wolf to man” mean?

Zvyonka

The saying about “wolf people” means that people often quarrel. Agree. And as long as this happens, they cannot be called brothers or friends. In general.

History teaches us (but it still doesn’t teach us at all) that on Earth more often wars occur than peace. It's burning somewhere. Someone shoots. Someone gets blown up. And what’s most dramatic is that not everyone is ready to cry because of this. And not everyone cares about this at all. Man renounces man. She is alienated from him and doesn’t even think of providing help. And at the same time he is very offended when he himself is not helped. These are the principles of the consumer, the predator, the egoist, the beast. Whoever you want, but not a good person. Those who are idly staggering feel like navels, while those who work are considered fools and idlers. An ignorant person tells an educated person that he is a complete fool. They laugh at the professor because of his funny glasses and shabby briefcase. This is not all friendly. Not like brothers and not like people. And as a result, there is no one to rely on, and there is no one to trust and no one to believe in.

This not very beautiful proverb prompted me to have such unpleasant thoughts.

Vladimir Engelhardt

Russian people have seen packs of wolves, which caused a lot of trouble and were a real threat to life, from very ancient times and observed (perhaps from the stories of hunters) how “a leader was chosen in the pack or order was “established” there. At the same time, brothers were gnawing each other. Here my version of where this comparison and saying comes from: A person sometimes lives according to the laws of a pack of wolves, where anyone will be killed for the sake of power.

Man is a wolf to man, does that mean we are all animals?

Olga Neretina

Everyone chooses for themselves: “to live with wolves - howl like a wolf,” or to treat everyone humanly and always remain human. Each of us has both an animal and a human nature. Which to develop and which to leave in an embryonic state - such is the freedom of choice inherent only in HUMAN...

Alisa Damlamayan

If you live with such an attitude, then you will have corresponding relationships with others, wolves,
People, the world reflects to us our thoughts, expectations, fears. What we sow, so shall we reap. The worst thing is when such an attitude is instilled in children and then little animals are raised, preparing them for survival in modern life.
If we treat each other like people, and not animals, then we will finally live well, and not just survive.

Butch 007

In this matter, everyone is free to consider himself who he feels, that is, how he was raised, how he perceives this world, society, how he treats them. An intelligent person will not sign for everyone, but expresses only his thoughts and feelings.

How to translate back into Latin the expression man is wolf to man and wolf is brother to wolf, I think in our time it is very true.

It's always like this

I don’t know what exactly the Latin translation gave you. But for a change, I’ll answer. Can?
Until the 70s, we were taught that man is a friend, comrade and brother to man, but gradually everything began to resemble the saying that man is a wolf to man. Now it already looks approximately like this - man to man... .

And a little humor. I think the joke is on topic:
A pack of wolves decided to send a congratulatory telegram to the wise hare, who lived a respectable number of years thanks to his cunning. We wrote the text and got stuck, like, how can I sign the congratulations?? ?
A pack of comrades or a group of wolves?:)))

Parviscius

homo homini lupus est
lupus lupo frater est
The expression Homo homini lupus comes from the ancient comedy of Plautus, where it is presented in the variant lupus est homo homini. Over the centuries, this expression has formed many modifications and paraphrases, for example Homo homini deus est or the medieval Homo homini lupus, femina feminae lupior. In Victor Hugo there is a variant of Homo homini monstrum. Man is a monster to man. The statement Homo homini amicus est is one of the more recent paraphrases and was widespread in the Soviet Union. Thus, in the program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, adopted by the XXX Congress of the CPSU (1961), one of the principles of the “Moral Code of the Builders of Communism” read: “Humane relations and mutual respect between people: man is friend, comrade and brother to man,” that is, Homo homini amicus sodalis fraterque est
In Sergei’s expression the typo should not be lupi, but lupo

Why is man a wolf to man?

John Din

Because every person has almost the same goals as other people - money, food, clothing, sleep, rest, entertainment, knowledge, strength, power, etc. - and in this regard, other people can be considered from the point of view of competition, in struggle for everything that helps to survive. The only difference is in the little things.

It's finished!

We were all waiting for our way,
And everyone is used to living by faith.
We were in such a hurry to get to these distances
And we were late
just for a moment.

Winter is already arguing with nature,
And her days are not far off.
The river has gone into the gray sea,
And the nets dry
fishermen.

We will never feel bad -
We have experienced everything with you.
Let the era follow the era
Coming
one is worse than the other.

Don't gloss the clay!
And I've been ready for a long time
Play yourself at dances all your life
In the land of enraged slaves.

Hello. Tell me, please, what does the phrase “all people are equal before God” mean? So everyone should be treated as equals? So, one person is no worse and no better than another? And the second question is whether you need to respect yourself and how to respect yourself? Thanks a lot. Sergey.

Archpriest Alexander Ilyashenko answers:

Hello, Sergey!

This means that the Lord looks at a person’s heart, and not at some external signs. The Lord does not care what nationality a person is, what position in society he occupies, whether he is a man or a woman, etc. Each of us is created in the image and likeness of God. In this sense, we are truly equal, and that means one person is no worse or better than another. All people are sinners, but even a great sinner can repent and become a great saint - remember, for example, the story of the Venerable Mary of Egypt (you can read her life, for example). We can only judge ourselves, and this judgment must be very strict. We must remember not so much about our merits as about our sins, and we must repent of these sins before God and try to correct them. We need to respect the image and likeness of the Lord in ourselves, and this respect must be manifested in our behavior: we must behave in such a way that this image is not distorted by passions and sins.

Sincerely, Archpriest Alexander Ilyashenko.

The history of the phrase "unlucky person"

If you analyze the roots of the words from this phrase, you can highlight the word “path”, that is, road.
The meaning of the first version of the meaning of the saying " unlucky person" lies in the fact that a person chose the wrong path in life, went down an inclined path.

However, in medieval Rus' this word “path” had a completely different meaning. Then at the royal court there was a special position, which was called that way. Moreover, this position should not be simple, but very honorable and profitable.
For example, the position of stablemaster meant guarantee for carriages and royal horses, the position of falconer meant the head of the royal hunt, and the path of hunter meant the chief among the royal hunters during hound hunting.
It was very prestigious and very lucrative. Many boyars tried by hook or by crook to get such positions for their children. Many did not succeed, but there were lucky ones who somehow attracted the tsar. Those who were not able to bargain for a “traveling” position with evil irony and called it a mockery" unlucky people".

Time has passed and this phraseology " unlucky person“became a common noun among the people. It began to be associated with the concept of a person’s personal properties and the inability to find a sensible and necessary position in life.

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Man is a wolf to man (homo homini onstrum) - a theory that rather insults wolves, because, realizing their strength and impunity, rejecting the moral and written rules of society, putting the rule of the strong and the law of the jungle at the forefront, people in the struggle for existence turn into such monsters , in comparison with which animals are lambs of God.

“A small group of ordinary people is standing on the bank of the Fontanka and, looking into the distance, at the bridge crowded with a black crowd, they reason calmly, indifferently:
- Thieves are drowned.
- Did you catch a lot?
- They say - three.
- One, a young man, was killed.
- To death?
- How then?
- They must be beaten to death, otherwise they will not survive...
A solid, gray-haired man, red-faced and somewhat like a butcher, says confidently:
- Now - there is no trial, which means we must judge ourselves...
Some sharp-eyed, shabby little man asks:
- Isn’t it very simple - if you do it yourself?
The gray-haired man answers lazily and without looking at him:
- Simpler is better. Hurry, the main thing.
- Chu, howls!
The crowd fell silent, listening. From afar, from the river, comes a wild, melancholy cry. (New Life newspaper No. 207 January 3, 1918)

“Then the Jews were forced to undress and were taken through passages in the embankment to the edge of the ravine, on the opposite side of which a machine gunner sat on a specially equipped wooden platform. Under the merciless dagger fire of a machine gun, zealous Kyiv policemen drove confused, naked, completely distraught people with sticks, whips, and kicks, not allowing them to come to their senses and orient themselves. Heartbreaking sobs, screams of policemen: “Hurry up, move!”, pleas for help, curses to the executioners, prayers drowned out by the cheerful melodies of waltzes rushing from the loudspeakers, the rumble of the engine of an airplane circling over the yar...” (M. V. Koval “The Tragedy of Babyn Yar... ")

“Railway companies also used live targets to entertain passengers. When the train came within gunshot of the herd, it slowed down or stopped, the windows were rolled down, and passengers were encouraged to exercise using guns and ammunition provided by the company. Men and women did not miss the opportunity to have fun. The carcasses of the animals usually remained on the plain, except that sometimes some train attendant cut off several tongues, which were prepared for the ladies and gentlemen during the next meal in recognition of their dexterity ... A bloody massacre unleashed by skin hunters, as well as simply “sportsmen” which began to penetrate the West, took the lives of 3 million 158 thousand animals! In 1887, the English naturalist William Mushroom, who traveled across the prairies, wrote: “Buffalo trails were visible everywhere, but there were no living bison. Only the skulls and bones of these noble animals whitened in the sun” (“The End of the Buffalo Trail.” “Around the World” No. 7 1988)

The origin of the aphorism “man is a wolf to man”

The expression is taken from the comedy of the Roman writer Titus Maccius Plautus “Donkeys” (“Asinaria”)
"Mercator:...Sed temen me
Numguam sed tamen me numquam hodie induces, ut tibi credam hoc argentum ignoto.
lupus est homo homini, non homo, quom qualis sit non novit"
“Merchant:...But you can’t convince me to give you money without knowing it. No! A man is a wolf to each other, the more he is a stranger.”

Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 BC) and his comedy "Donkeys"

Roman poet, playwright. There is very little information about his life. Judging by several of his works that have survived to this day, he was well acquainted with the world of the Roman theater, its scenes, customs, and spectators. He wrote about one hundred and thirty comedies, twenty of which have survived. Plautus is considered the predecessor of Aristophanes and Shakespeare. The plots of Plautus' comedies are taken from the life of Ancient Greece, but with so many local details, folk Italian puns, ambiguities and jokes of every kind that there was almost no Greek left in them. The comedy “Donkeys”, consisting of a prologue, five acts and fourteen scenes, dates back to the period of Plautus’s late work:

“The old father, who lived under the authority of his wife,
The son in love wanted to get some money.
Liban and Leonidas, agile slaves,
They skillfully managed to obtain twenty mines,
He cheated the merchant that he came to pay for the donkeys.
And the son and father took the money to the girlfriend.
A rival suddenly appeared and immediately betrayed them.”

Use of the phraseological unit “man is a wolf to man” in literature

- “Quid est homini inimicissimum? Alter homo (Who is the most hostile to the human being? Another person"(Publius Sirus "Sentences")
- “April was terrible. It was a month of some kind of indescribable panic. Everything around was clouded, confused, neither my ears nor my eyes could believe it. And through all this turmoil one stream clearly passed through: homo homini lupus. Something incredible and unheard of was said, shouted, and even published.”(M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin “All year round. First of May”)
- “How striking is the difference between the present coastal shipping, honest and comradely, and the former vagrancy of the clumsy pirate ships, whose motto was homo homini onstrum.”(V. Hugo “Toilers of the Sea”)
- “Only Stebelsky, sitting on the floor, in the very place where he usually slept, calmly continued to eat his bread, snacking on small pieces of sausage, and when there was complete, deaf silence in the cell, he turned to Andrei and waved his hand around the cell , said: - Homo homini lupus estl"(Ivan Franko)
- “He opened his diary and wrote: “The sun of Russian poetry has set. Our northern bard Pushkin is gone. Along with him, poetry disappeared. Yes, it is not needed in our mercantile times. "Homo homini lupus est"(B. M. Eikhenbaum, Route to Immortality")
- “The Peace Congress at the moment is a mistake. We seem to have moved far away from civilization. Hobbes was right: homo homini lupus"(G. Flaubert)