human condition
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Students really enjoy Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” — it’s all about the human condition and cancel culture, forbidden love and lies and deceit, with witches in the forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“I am afraid to own a Body— / I am afraid to own a Soul— / Profound—precarious Property— / Possession, not optional—” There it is, captured in four lines by Emily Dickinson, the human condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Although the EAE model does not replicate every feature of MS, its similarities to the human condition make it a powerful tool for studying neurodegeneration and testing new therapeutic approaches.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
The Spanish singer's fourth album is an exhilarating - and profoundly moving - exploration of the human condition, that asks why the earthly and the holy have to be so far apart.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Yali’s question went to the heart of the current human condition, and of post-Pleistocene human history.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
