Man and Animal
Man has nothing that the animals have not
at least a vestage of the animals have nothing
that man does not in some degree share.
--Ernest Thompson Seton, 1898
at least a vestage of the animals have nothing
that man does not in some degree share.
--Ernest Thompson Seton, 1898
I found this quote in Chole Dalton’s book “Raising Hare.”
Seton was not writing philosophy, but what he is saying is philosophical. Seton is expressing the notion, as was put forth by the Stoics, that logos i.e., reason, underpins all of nature. That animals are just as beholden to logos as are humans. In fact, there is no distinction between humans and animals other than by degree of separation when it comes to recognition of logos.
The thoughts here are mine and mine alone.
I hope you find them useful, or perhaps even enjoy them.
I hope you find them useful, or perhaps even enjoy them.
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