Concept of Man Philosophers' Quotes Quiz

Concept of Man

• Husserl: Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman, a rope over an abyss.
• Nietzsche: Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman, a rope over an abyss.
• Merleau-Ponty: Man is a historical idea and not a natural kind.
• Sartre: Man is nothing else than his plan, it exists only insofar as it is realized, so it is nothing but the whole.
• Pascal: Man is a reed, the weakest of nature, but it is a thinking reed.

Concept of Man and Society

• Man is a product of discursive formations and of the sociopolitical contingencies of the various epochs of human history.
• The concept of “man” is beyond grammar and logic.
• Man is an invention of society.
• Man is patterned after the gods, but the wrong gods.
• Man is not fashioned out of marbles but from clay.

Limits of Man

• The limits of man also make his existence a possibility.
• Hence, our finitude is both contingent and fundamental.

Factors Affecting Health and Illness

• Family history of disease (DM) is a risk factor for developing the disease later in life.
• Age increases or decreases susceptibility to certain diseases (e.g., heart disease, birth defects).
• Physical environment can increase the likelihood of certain diseases.
• Lifestyle habits, activities, and practices involve risk factors (e.g., tobacco, drugs, stress).

Classification of Diseases

• Etiologic causes: hereditary, allergic, congenital, metabolic, neoplastic, idiopathic, deficiency, degenerative, traumatic, iatrogenic.
• Duration or onset: acute, sub-acute, chronic, remission, exacerbation.

Disease Classification

• Organic, functional, occupational, familial, venereal, epidemic, endemic, pandemic, sporadic.