Men
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men · al-rijāl · human beings · male · male sex · males · man · mankind · men of a humid temperament
in the texts
Aphorisms
Men considered as a class with temperament-linked susceptibility to disease and generative capacity.
With regard to the seasons, if the winter be of a dry and northerly character, and the spring rainy and southerly, in summer there will necessarily be acute fevers, ophthalmies, and dysenteries, especially in women, and in men of a humid temperament.
And in like manner with respect to males;
Hymn 31 to Helios
Human beings who receive Helios's radiance and poetic knowledge from the Muses.
And now that I have begun with you, I will celebrate the race of mortal men half-divine whose deeds the Muses have showed to mankind.
And now, O Muse Calliope, daughter of Zeus, begin to sing of glowing Helios whom mild-eyed Euryphaessa, the far-shining one, bare to the Son of Earth and starry Heaven.
al-Saʻādah fī falsafat al-akhlāq
Men as a class, whose distinguishing adornment is said to be moral refinement.
for they were made only that one might learn men's works and follow their course.
the refining of character in men is with men.
Economics
Men as a social group associated with outdoor labor, military readiness, household partnership, and disciplined public usefulness.
By training himself in the arts of war he is more qualified to save himself honourably, and by due diligence and avoidance of loose habits, he is more likely to increase his estate.
For it seems to me, dear, that the gods with great discernment have coupled together male and female, as they are called, chiefly in order that they may form a perfect partnership in mutual service.
and knowing that he who deals with the outdoor tasks will have to be their defender against any wrong-doer, he meted out to him again a larger share of courage.