Full Idea
The human being alone has reason.
Gist of Idea
Only humans have reason
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1332b04)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.178
A Reaction
Only in the last fifty years have we begun to grasp how clever larger animals are, and I would say that they consistently make rational choices, even if they can't articulate them.