"Pour moi, l'humanité est une forme que prend la matière."

Translation: For me, mankind is a form that takes the material.

[ncp1113]

This doesn't make much sense in English.

[slickster]

Yeah I know--should this be something more like "For me, mankind is a form which matter (can) take"?

[CochonDeSurprise]

On the plus side, sometimes it helps to translate sentences that don't make any sense in English!

[ronjudd]

I used which instead of that: back to the start!!

[savtam]

wouldn't humanity be the same as mankind?

[serphLR]

What does that suggested english translation even mean??
Isn't the meaning supposed to be something like, Matter shapes itself into humankind, humanity is a shape that matter takes, or matter takes form as humans, or something like that?

[lhb24tuc]

I haven't even the slightest idea what this sentence is suppose to mean.