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> [Man's greatness does not consist in being different from the animals that share the earth with him, but in being...conscious of things of which his environment has no inkling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinrich-ralph-von-koenigswald/man-s-greatness-does-not-consist-in-being-different-from-the-animals/)

Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

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## More by Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

> [These are the experiences I wish to record in this book, which should really be called The Diary of a Palaeontologist. But in committing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinrich-ralph-von-koenigswald/these-are-the-experiences-i-wish-to-record-in-this-book-which-should/)

Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

> [Man did not address his inquiries to the earth on which he stood until a remarkably late stage in the development of his desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinrich-ralph-von-koenigswald/man-did-not-address-his-inquiries-to-the-earth-on-which-he-stood/)

Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

> [It is the large brain capacity which allows man to live as a human being, enjoy taxes, canned salmon, television, and the atomic bomb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinrich-ralph-von-koenigswald/it-is-the-large-brain-capacity-which-allows-man-to-live-as-a-human/)

Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

> [Man's greatness does not consist in being different from the animals that share the earth with him, but in being...conscious of things of which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-heinrich-ralph-von-koenigswald/man-s-greatness-does-not-consist-in-being-different-from-the-animals/)

Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

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