"Man is said to be a reasoning animal.……" — Miguel de Unamuno
"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."
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Miguel de Unamuno
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89 Quotes by Miguel de Unamuno
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