magic dragon
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Would you answer my question? Thanks in advance.
A: "Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists."
(C. S. Lewis)
B: "The creature is not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists."
(from google)
C: The lion is a wild animal.
I think "the lion" in C is a generalized concept of lions.
I think in B, the author meant by the creature creatures in general as in A.
However, I wonder whether B is really right or not.
"The lion" in C has an upper class, that is; a wild animal, while I don't think of any upper class of creatures.
If "the creature" can well be used, it's when used in contrast to the Creator as in D.
D: Some people believe God is the creature / Creature as well as the Creator.
(Should "creature" be capitalized?)
Here the upper class might be, I think, beings or entities concerned with the Creation.
I'd like your opinions about whether B is right or not, and about my explanation.
A: "Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists."
(C. S. Lewis)
B: "The creature is not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists."
(from google)
C: The lion is a wild animal.
I think "the lion" in C is a generalized concept of lions.
I think in B, the author meant by the creature creatures in general as in A.
However, I wonder whether B is really right or not.
"The lion" in C has an upper class, that is; a wild animal, while I don't think of any upper class of creatures.
If "the creature" can well be used, it's when used in contrast to the Creator as in D.
D: Some people believe God is the creature / Creature as well as the Creator.
(Should "creature" be capitalized?)
Here the upper class might be, I think, beings or entities concerned with the Creation.
I'd like your opinions about whether B is right or not, and about my explanation.