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“Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.”

Knows Men Humanity Born Animal Existence Unique

Author:Storm Jameson

“Man is the "ethical animal" ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment like freedom, reason and the other unique characteristics of the human being is based upon his consciousness of himself.”

Ifs Men Humans Reason Human Beings Animal Consciousness Judgment Unique Capacity Characteristics Ethical Actuality Unique Characteristics

Book:Man's Search for Himself

Source: Man's Search for Himself

“The ruling British elite are like animals--not only in their morality, but in their outlook on knowledge. They are clever animals, who are masters of the wicked nature of their own species, and recognize ferally the distinctions of the hated human species. Nonetheless, obsessively dedicated to being such animals, they can not [sic] assimilate those qualities unique to true human beings.”

Source: The Secrets Known Only To The Inner Elites

“There is seemingly no biological benefit to acting with conscience; if there were, only moral individuals would survive and procreate. Sadly, we know that's not true. The benefit of conscience is that you won't suffer guilt (private) or shame (public), and that by your own self-imposed definition, you are a moral human, a special kind of animal who takes unique pride in elevating him/herself above the termites.”

Source: How Could You Do That?!: Abdication of Character, Courage, Consci

“Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And that uniqueness of being human, language, art, culture, our dependency on culture for survival, comes from the combination of traditional biological evolution.”

“The Magna Carta is an early reminder of the crucial difference between freedom and liberty. Liberty is freedom that is unique to humans, it is guaranteed by law. All animals are free, but in a system of humans total freedom is anarchy. Humans have thrived by letting a dominant authority regulate freedom. Liberty is a freedom that the authority has granted or has been persuaded to grant. For centuries, the state and the people have negotiated, peacefully and violently.”

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Author:Manu Joseph

“When I watch animals, I realize I am watching individual with lives that matter, to them. It isn't just another chicken or another mouse. She is that particular hen, autonomous and unique. He is that particular mouse with a unique life and social identity.”

Matter Individual Social Realizing Animal Watches Identity Particular Unique Chickens Mice Autonomous Hens Unique Life

Author:Jonathan Balcombe

“Anyone who's lived with companion cats or dogs knows that they are unique individuals with their own personalities. I think animals' secret to getting along is that they are not burdened by an ego.”

Thinking Knows Individual Animal Secret Dog Personality Ego Unique Cat Companion Getting Along Unique Individuals

Author:Jonathan Balcombe

“I think that we are supernatural. We are unique. We're the only animals in the universe that we know of that actually have self-consciousness, a sense of time and our own mortality.”

Thinking Knows Self Universe Animal Consciousness Unique Mortality Self Consciousness

Author:Anne Rice

“I hope that people who don't live with animals will appreciate that each animal is a unique individual with a rich inner life.”

People Individual Animal Rich Unique Appreciate Inner Life Unique Individuals

Author:Linda Hoaglund

“Man is unique in that, unlike animals, he knows he is going to die, and unlike animals he can do something about it.”

Knows Men Dies Can Do Animal Unique Can Do Something

Author:Ray Comfort