"If there were some solitary or feral man,……" — Thomas Aquinas

If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the… - Thomas Aquinas
"If there were some solitary or feral man, the passions of the soul would be sufficient for him; by them he would be conformed to things in order that he might have knowledge of them. But because man is naturally political and social, there is need for one man to make his conceptions known to others, which is done with speech. So significant speech was needed if men were to live together. Which is why those of different tongues do not easily live together."

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