Hi, could someone tell me what's the meaning of "SWINE" in the following context?
Thanks a lot!

"And yet everybody has certain ideals which determine the direction of his
endeavours and his judgments. In this sense I have never looked upon ease
and happiness as ends in themselves--such an ethical basis I call more proper
for a herd of swine."

THE WORLD AS I SEE IT
A. EINSTEIN

Question

Hi, could someone tell me what's the meaning of "SWINE" in the following context? 
Thanks a lot!

"And yet everybody has certain ideals which determine the direction of his
endeavours and his judgments. In this sense I have never looked upon ease
and happiness as ends in themselves--such an ethical basis I call more proper
for a herd of swine."

THE WORLD AS I SEE IT
A. EINSTEIN

Answer

"A herd of swine" means a class of animals dirtier and more stupid than humans (OK, this is the historical and common perception of pigs - I'm quite aware of their actual intelligence and relative cleanliness in nature).

Einstein is saying that such a rudimentary philosophy (ie. doing something just for comfort or happiness) is below humans, and should properly belong to pigs.

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A herd of swine is a herd of pigs. Swine is the Bible word for pigs.

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swine - pig. It is more formal and in plural it has the same form - swine - swine (but pig - pigs)

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swine = pigs

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