homo faber

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Definition of homo faber in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of homo faber in English English dictionary

Homo faber (Latin for "Man the Smith" or "Man the Maker"; in reference to the biological name for man, "Homo sapiens" meaning "man the wise") is a concept articulated by Hannah Arendt and Max Frisch. It refers to humans as controlling the environment through tools. Henri Bergson also referred to it in The Creative Evolution (1907), defining intelligence, in its original sense, as the "faculty to create artificial objects, in particular tools to make tools, and to indefinitely variate its makings."

Hyphenation

ho·mo faber

Turkish pronunciation

hōmō feybır

Pronunciation

/ˈhōmō ˈfābər/ /ˈhoʊmoʊ ˈfeɪbɜr/