2006-09-12 08:12:58 · 16 answers · asked by mihaela_ion81 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
yes watch animal planet and the lion
"lions pride"
animals have ego's
bears, etc
2006-09-12 08:14:03 · answer #1 · answered by Xae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dictionary definitions of "ego":
-- The “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
-- Self-esteem or self-image; feelings.
Animals may not have egos in the same sense as humans, but most vertebrates have a sense of self that one could describe as an ego. Think of two male elephants fighting over the right to mate with a female in heat. Or even of a "gang" of meerkats defending their territory.
Community-based insects like ants and bees would have egos also, but theirs encompasses the whole group rather than just an individual.
2006-09-12 15:22:21 · answer #2 · answered by johntadams3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
animals dont have egos more their natural make up...humans have egos when they don't realize that we are more than animals with the responsibility to never pick up an ego and if we have one destroy it cause that is the atrificial part of us.
2006-09-12 15:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by dontkno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ego is the brain of humans and animals. woman usually use the word ego when talking bout a guys brain. like we can say "A males ego is way to big for their head."
2006-09-12 15:15:47 · answer #4 · answered by Kate L 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always heard that "ego" meant Easing God Out...I'm not a religious person,I believe in a spirituality for individuals.But my "EGO" gets in the way of personal growth,so in order to keep learning,I need to stay humble.And its not possible to have both.
2006-09-12 20:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by auntgnu62 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
2. Psychoanalysis. the part of the psychic apparatus that experiences and reacts to the outside world and thus mediates between the primitive drives of the id and the demands of the social and physical environment.
3. egotism; conceit; self-importance: Her ego becomes more unbearable each day.
4. self-esteem or self-image; feelings: Your criticism wounded his ego.
5. (often initial capital letter) Philosophy. a. the enduring and conscious element that knows experience.
b. Scholasticism. the complete person comprising both body and soul.
6. Ethnology. a person who serves as the central reference point in the study of organizational and kinship relationships.
2006-09-12 15:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by dewymaiden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in psychoanalytic theory, that portion of the human personality which is experienced as the “self” or “I” and is in contact with the external world through perception. It is said to be the part that remembers, evaluates, plans, and in other ways is responsive to and acts in the surrounding physical and social world. According to psychoanalytic theory, the ego coexists with the id (said to be the agency of primitive drives) and superego (considered to be the ethical component of personality) as one of three agencies proposed by Sigmund Freud in description of the dynamics of the human mind.
2006-09-12 16:10:33 · answer #7 · answered by Britannica Knowledge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ego is what you perceive as your self. Animals do have this.
2006-09-12 15:14:25 · answer #8 · answered by martin h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, animals have egos. For example, roosters have a cocky swagger.
2006-09-12 15:14:39 · answer #9 · answered by Rj 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ego is a sense of self; it is how you feel about yourself; i dont think animals have this. for more in-depth analysis, read anything by Freud.
2006-09-12 15:14:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋