“Why do people respect the package rather than the man?”
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Michel De Montaigne264
(1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, … 1533–1592Related quotes
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Why do I smile
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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.