Homo faber (Latin for 'Man the Maker') alludes to the idea that human beings are able to control their fate and their environment as a result of the use of tools. == Original phrase == In Latin literature, Appius Claudius Caecus uses this term in his Sententiæ, referring to the ability of man to control his destiny and what surrounds him: Homo faber suae quisque fortunae ("Every man is the artifex of his destiny").
Homo faber (Latin for 'Man the Maker') alludes to the idea that human beings are able to control their fate and their environment as a result of the use of tools. == Original phrase == In Latin literature, Appius Claudius Caecus uses this term in his Sententiæ, referring to the ability of man to control his destiny and what surrounds him: Homo faber suae quisque fortunae ("Every man is the artifex of his destiny").
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