Human Life

Human life or simply "life" may refer to

  • in philosophy
    • the conditio humana
    • discussion of the meaning of life
  • personal life
  • in sociology, everyday life.
  • in medicine or statistics, the human lifespan
  • in jurisprudence, a value protected by human rights (the "right to life")
  • Beginning of human life - arguments dealing with the exact time the human fetus is to be regarded as a being

Famous quotes containing the words human life, human and/or life:

    “White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today.”
    —Robin Morgan (b. 1941)

    “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 16:23.

    Jesus to Peter.

    “The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)