Single Idea 22586

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness]

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.