I found this chapter very interesting, because it starts by giving an introduction about what is to be a “human". To be human is to be capable to do more things than animals. That’s why it is so extraordinary being a human being. We can communicate to each other by using words, signs, etc. Human has also the ability to protect itself against the weather conditions, also to foresee possible future threats and find solutions or ways to avoid them; to discover cures to several illnesses; and to make use (bad or good) to all these skills and more. We are free. People often question if we are animals or not. By my point of view, we definitively aren’t just by one fact: we use reason. As it is said in one of the past chapters, by reasoning we know that someday we are gonna die, and in the other hand, animals just are aware of danger, but it’s not in their knowledge that someday they are going to die and “stop existing”.
One question I have, and everybody can spend long time questioning is where did language and all of the symbols we use to communicate started? If we take the theory that our ancestors invented them, and with the time language has improved, its impressive and impacting how languages, symbols, signs and everything have developed.
One question I have, and everybody can spend long time questioning is where did language and all of the symbols we use to communicate started? If we take the theory that our ancestors invented them, and with the time language has improved, its impressive and impacting how languages, symbols, signs and everything have developed.
I think you have a really good point, but even though we use reason we also use instinct sometimes. I think we do descend from animals, not just because genetics say we have, but also because like us, some monkeys have proven they are also evolving as we did millions of years before. Good job.
ResponderEliminarana isabel i like youre publication also my attention was very focues in the begining of the chapter when fernando starts explaining what is a human, humans develop alot of different capacites which animals doesnt, we act with our brain and with our instincst and animals they only use theyre intstincs.
ResponderEliminarlanguage was invented by humans by the necesitie of devolpe and become better, a characteristic of humans that fernando said was that humans are the unsatisfayed animals , we need to be allways better.
Any: I like what you are saying about humans can decide what ever we want to do, and animals don't decide, they just do things by instinct. And i found your example as a perfect one, because humans have the ability to create medicines to avoid the illnesses and animals will never be able to develop their brain that much.
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