'Necessity is the mother of invention' means that lifeforms develop and make new things for what they need, (e.g. to stick things together, humans invented glue!)
Necessity is the mother of invention. You must know you have a need, a driving force. There are time when advancements are made by mistakes but those are few and far between.
"necessity is the mother of invention"
This means that solutions to problems (the invention bit) are born out of then need for a solution (the necessity). As coming up with an idea is said to be...
yes necessity is indeed the mother of inventions as only when there arises a need will an invention take birth! if the humans were satisfied with the cave life then all what we see around us wouldn't...
I adjusted your question to give the exact wording of the saying. Think about it for a minute - if you need to do something and the proper tool or technique doesn't exist, it's basic human nature to...
Posted by ESC on November 19, 2000
In Reply to: Origin or etymology posted by Sheri on November 19, 2000
: I am wanting to know the origin of the phrase "necessity is the mother of invention". :...