English
Vitruvian Man, a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, sometimes associated with this phrase.
Phrase
man is the measure of all things
- (an expression of) the doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truth
Translations
Translations
- Catalan: l'home és la mesura de totes les coses
- Danish: mennesket er alle tings mål
- Finnish: ihminen on kaiken mitta
- French: l'homme est la mesure de toute chose
- German: der Mensch ist das Maß aller Dinge
- Latin: homo mensura
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- Norwegian: mannesket er målstokken for alle ting
- Russian: челове́к есть ме́ра всех вещей существующих (čelovék jestʹ méra vsex veščej suščestvujuščix)
- Spanish: el hombre es la medida de todas las cosas
- Swedish: människan är alltings mått
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