seven periods into which a human life can be divided, i.e. those of the baby, the child, the lover, the soldier, the middle-aged person, the old person, and second childhood. The seven ages are best known from the description of them in a speech by Jaques in Shakespeare'sAs You Like It which begins: .
هفت دوره زندگی انسان, هفت مرحله زندگی انسان, هفت دوره عمر انسان, هفت دوره انسان