Sentence examples for define humans from inspiring English sources

It was this reality that led Aristotle (who himself came from just such a small commonwealth, Stageira) to define humans as political animals.

To define humans categorically as "bipedal" is not enough; to describe them as habitually bipedal is nearer the truth, but habit as such does not leave its mark on fossil bones.

Who should define human nature?

And how do we define "human," anyway?

Philosophers have long struggled to define human consciousness.

We will do our best to define human free will.

We can define human beings as apes with relatively big brains and relatively few hairs.

Suppose we tried to define human beings by the possession of hair.

Should we still consider work to be a necessary element in how we define human beings?

'Once again, warfare would define human life.' The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists.

While in the Senate he proposed federal legislation and a constitutional amendment that not only would criminalize abortion, but would define human life as beginning at fertilization.