Which of the following phrases best summarizes the idea of carpe diem? a. live life to the fullest. c. love from afar. b. hope for the unattainable. d. take what does not belong to you.

a. Live life to the fullest.

Explanation:

“Carpe Diem” is a Latin phrase that has been widely translated as to “seize the day,” and interpreted as a phrase that encourages to enjoy of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future, and to live life to the fullest. It was taken from a poem in Odes Book I written by the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 BC – 8 BC), also known as Horace, in the following lines:

Dum loquimur, fugerit invida

Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

which can be translated as the following:

While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: pluck the day, put no trust in the future.

pulling in the reader is important

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.