On 8/22/06, Carrol Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The search for a "simple" (one phrase or one sentence) description of the difference between animals and humans continues to be frustrated.
maybe the distinction is that people try to develop a simple description of the difference between animals and humans, while the animals don't. if pressed, I'd say that the difference involves a complex of different characteristics interacting with each other dialectically rather than being one single characteristic or a few characteristics added up. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
