“Man is a two-footed reasoning animal.”
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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480) philosopher of the early 6th century
“Man is a reasoning animal.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XLI: On the god within us
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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BCRelated quotes
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913)
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Jnana
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As reported by Alexander Polyhistor, and Diogenes Laërtius in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 30, in the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853)
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), I : The Man of Flesh and Bone
Context: Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly — but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree.
Roy A. Childs, Jr. (1949–1992) American libertarian essayist and critic
“The Contradiction in Objectivism,” 1968
Walter Dill Scott (1869–1955) President of Northwestern university and psychologist
Source: The Theory of Advertising, 1903, p. 59
James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
"An Introduction", The Fireside Book of Dog Stories (Simon and Schuster, 1943); reprinted in Thurber's Dogs (1955)
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“Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.”
Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804) Founding Father of the United States
Source: The Works Of Alexander Hamilton
“Man is an animal that diddles, and there is no animal that diddles but man.”
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) American author, poet, editor and literary critic
" Diddling: Considered As One Of The Exact Sciences http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.1390/"; first published as "Raising the Wind" in Saturday Courier (1843-10-14).
