My father said the man is a wolf for the man

I rerply my father it is not kind for the wolven because man are crual the wolven killed to eat or protect others wolven

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Northwest · M

Homo Homini Lupus. Your father borrowed it from Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan), to argue that in a "state of nature," life would be a "war of all against all".

SomeMichGuy · M

@Northwest That's a great book

Serkan · 70-79, M

@Northwest also in a song french from serge reggiani 1976 notre grand cirque

Northwest · M

@Serkan

Il paraît que l'homme
Est un loup pour l'homme

The expression originated with the ancient Roman playwright Plautus in his 200 BCE comedy Asinaria, where he wrote the variation "lupus est homo homini".