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What does "No man is an island" imply?

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#1 (permalink) Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:05 am What does "No man is an island" imply?

Hi teachers, What does "No man is an island" imply? Thanks in advance Jupiter

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#2 (permalink) Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:29 am What does "No man is an island" imply?

Hi Jupiter,

This is best understood by reading the whole extract:

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"No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe
is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as
well as any manner of thy friends or of thine
own were; any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

written by the English poet John Donne

In its very simplest and most prosaic sense it means we all depend on one another and in a way all our actions affect others. A striking current example is the problem of global warming.

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