 Show Ars longa, vita brevis is a Latin translation of an aphorism coming originally from Greek, roughly meaning, "skilfulness takes time and life is short". The aphorism quotes the first two lines of the Aphorismi by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. The familiar Latin translation Ars longa, vita brevis reverses the order of the original lines, but can express the same principle. Translations[edit]The original text, a standard Latin translation, and an English translation from the Greek follow.
Interpretation[edit]The most common and significant caveat made regarding the saying is that "art" (Latin: ars, translating Ancient Greek: τέχνη tékhnē) originally meant "technique, craft" (as in The Art of War), not "fine art". Hippocrates was a physician who made this the opening statement in a medical text. The lines which follow: "The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate." Thus in plainer language "it takes a long time to acquire and perfect one's expertise (in, say, medicine) and one has but a short time in which to do it".[3] More generally, it may also refer to how time limits our accomplishments in life.[4][failed verification] Similar sayings[edit]The late-medieval author Chaucer (c. 1343–1400) observed "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne" ("The life so short, the craft so long to learn", the first line of the Parlement of Foules).[5] The first-century CE rabbi Tarfon is quoted as saying "The day is short, the labor vast, the workers are lazy, the reward great, the Master urgent." (Avot 2:15) A light-hearted version in England, thought to have originated in Shropshire, is the pun "Bars longa, vita brevis" i.e. so many bars (or pubs) to visit, in so short a life. Sheffield Medical School[edit]The motto of the Sheffield Medical School is "Ars longa, vita brevis". See also[edit]
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What is the meaning of Ars longa, vita brevis?: art is long, life is short : learning one's craft takes so long that a lifetime may not be adequate. also : works of art may outlive their creators.
Who said Ars longa, vita brevis?It comes from the Greek physician Hippocrates, considered the father of medicine, and comprises the first two lines of Aphorismi. Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile.
What does the idiom Ars Longa mean?Meaning of “Ars Longa, Vita Brevis”
The phrase “ars longa, vita brevis” is a Latin version of the Greek proverb. It means 'Art is long, life is short'. In simple words, the phrase means a piece of art lives longer than humanity, but the life of the creator is limited as humans die at a certain point.
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Meaning of ars longa vita brevis
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