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it is the title of a book by Max Frisch

2007-01-21 03:58:03 · 6 answers · asked by a_latinalady 2 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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It is a combination of Latin and German at occurs fairly commonly around what used to be the Holy Roman Empire (now Germany and Austria).
It means "Man made", or "created by man"
In Latin, it would be Homo fabricus, in German, "Menchengefabren"

2007-01-21 04:08:47 · answer #1 · answered by rawson_wayne 3 · 1 0

Its Latin meaning a special kind of human. Like "homo erectus" or "homo sapiens", the author choosed "homo faber" to describe the main figure in his novel.

The main figure was an engineer (i guess, never read the novel) who believed in the ability of the modern human to fabricate, engineer and create something to solve any problems.

So its not German, its Latin meaning something like the originating/ the productive human.

2007-01-21 09:02:40 · answer #2 · answered by henneholle 2 · 0 0

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2016-10-07 12:13:37 · answer #3 · answered by duchane 4 · 0 0

It is Latin alright. 'homo faber" is the earnest, phantasy-free "working person" as opposed to "homo ludens", the playful person. The title characterises the protagonist.

2007-01-21 15:56:28 · answer #4 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0 0

Man creates

2007-01-21 04:02:26 · answer #5 · answered by Holly R 6 · 0 0

It's Latin. It means "the working man".

2007-01-21 06:50:41 · answer #6 · answered by Barbara V 4 · 0 0

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