Author: Robert Cirillo
Robert Cirillo is a linguist. He did his MA at Indiana University and his PhD at the University of Amsterdam. He has been published in several linguistics journals and books. He is also an amateur musician and ethnomusicologist. He resides in Amsterdam.
From Homo Religiosus to Homo Sapiens: Approaching Religion as Clinical Delusion
The term Homo sapiens was coined by the Swedish naturalist and physician Carl Linnaeus around 1758. The word Homo of course means human. The word sapiens is usually translated as intelligent or wise. If one is comparing humans to chimpanzees or lemurs, maybe the term sapiens is appropriate, relatively speaking. However, the term was coined …