Human
摘要
If knowledge is to be oriented towards humans, this is not least due to the outstanding position in the universe attributed to them in the early modern period, even when their greatness was compared with their insignificance. If now the dignitas hominis is contrasted with a miseria hominis, the latter indicates what needs to be overcome. The most important arguments for the precarious situation of humans had already been made by the elder Plinius, known for his encyclopedic Naturalis historia (23–79 AD).Plinius the Elder