(the) seven ages of man

(the) seven ages of man
the seven ages of man [the seven ages of man]
seven periods into which a human life can be divided, i.e. those of the baby, the child, the lover, the soldier, the ↑middle-aged person, the old person, and second ↑childhood. The seven ages are best known from the description of them in a speech by Jaques in Shakespeare's ↑As You Like It which begins: All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.

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