Question

Necessity is the mother of invention.


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Answer 1

$\textbf{Expansion- Necessity is the mother of invention.}$

We could not get everything from Nature. So, we invented things. Even now we do not get all things from Nature. So, we are forced to invent things. When men were hunters, they had to invent tricks for catching wild animals. When they needed fire, they invented it. When they wanted to cross the sea, they invented boats and ships. When they had to fight with animals they invented weapons.

They wanted to spread news and knowledge, so they invented the writing system and the printing press. We may run short of petrol in a few years. We shall invente some thing to replace it.

So necessity is called the mother of invention. Invention is due to necessity.

Answer 2

Necessity is the mother of invention means when put in a difficult situation, one is likely to be inspired to create a novel or ingenious solution. Plato is often credited with this phrase, however, the proverb necessity is the mother of invention was well known before the phrase appeared in translations of his works. More likely, the translator was responding to the meaning of Plato’s ideas rather than a literal translation of his words.