Homo fabern.

Brit.

/ˌhəʊməʊ ˈfeɪbə/, U.S.

/ˌhoʊmoʊ ˈfeɪbər/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Homo faber.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Homo faber ( H. Bergson L'Evolution créatrice (1907) ii. 151, in a French context) < classical Latin homō homo n.¹ (compare homo n.¹ 2b) + faber craftsman, artisan (see fabric n.), after scientific Latin Homo sapiens Homo sapiens n.Compare the following translation of Bergson's original coinage:1911 A. Mitchell tr. H. Bergson Creative Evol. ii. 146 We should say perhaps not Homo sapiens, but Homo faber.

Humankind as a maker, esp. a maker of tools.

ΚΠ

1911 J. M. Stewart Crit. Expos. of Bergson's Philos. 174 Starting out from the conception of man as Homo Faber, he proceeds to show how the psychical cause of the organization of the human organism has developed into intelligence.]

1913 E. Jones in W. A. White & S. E. Jelliffe Mod. Treatm. Nerv. & Mental Dis. I. xiv The slowness with which Homo faber has made his tools to cut into these issues.

1946 M. L. Andison tr. H. L. Bergson Creative Mind ii. 99 I believe that it is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose.

1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 10 There are many anthropologists who prefer to think of man as homo faber—the smith, the maker of tools.

1973 M. P. Holt & D. T. E. Marjoram Math. in Changing World ii. 21 An evolution of intelligence from Homo faber, the tool-user, to Homo sapiens, the wise one.

2008 Washington Times (Nexis) 13 July m27 The human being as a maker, homo faber or worker.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	homo faber
释义	Homo fabern. Brit. /ˌhəʊməʊ ˈfeɪbə/, U.S. /ˌhoʊmoʊ ˈfeɪbər/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Homo faber. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Homo faber ( H. Bergson L'Evolution créatrice (1907) ii. 151, in a French context) < classical Latin homō homo n.¹ (compare homo n.¹ 2b) + faber craftsman, artisan (see fabric n.), after scientific Latin Homo sapiens Homo sapiens n.Compare the following translation of Bergson's original coinage:1911 A. Mitchell tr. H. Bergson Creative Evol. ii. 146 We should say perhaps not Homo sapiens, but Homo faber. Humankind as a maker, esp. a maker of tools. ΚΠ 1911 J. M. Stewart Crit. Expos. of Bergson's Philos. 174 Starting out from the conception of man as Homo Faber, he proceeds to show how the psychical cause of the organization of the human organism has developed into intelligence.] 1913 E. Jones in W. A. White & S. E. Jelliffe Mod. Treatm. Nerv. & Mental Dis. I. xiv The slowness with which Homo faber has made his tools to cut into these issues. 1946 M. L. Andison tr. H. L. Bergson Creative Mind ii. 99 I believe that it is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose. 1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 10 There are many anthropologists who prefer to think of man as homo faber—the smith, the maker of tools. 1973 M. P. Holt & D. T. E. Marjoram Math. in Changing World ii. 21 An evolution of intelligence from Homo faber, the tool-user, to Homo sapiens, the wise one. 2008 Washington Times (Nexis) 13 July m27 The human being as a maker, homo faber or worker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1913
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