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2007-11-03 14:52:32 · 15 answers · asked by Third P 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think that it is arrogant to assume that our intelligence separates us so much from animals. Genetically and physiologically speaking, we are almost identical (heart, lungs brain etc). It is obvious that we all have common ancestry and that over time, differentiation occurred due to environmental/survival factors.
2007-11-03 15:00:37 · answer #1 · answered by WiseGuy 1 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that depends on what you mean by "beast."
Animal refers to ALL living things but plants. In common use, animal refers to all such beings with the exception of humans: man & the "animals" he lives among.
Beast can also be applied to humans, & stresses mostly degradation & extreme inhumanity.
Aside from evolution, this question is rather impossible to answer! My personal observation (behaviorally) is that humans are beasts, & animals are not.
2007-11-04 04:26:27 · answer #2 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually, man developed from the breast.
Think about it!
If it hadn't been for the nurturing milk from the mother's breast there wouldn't have been a second or third or forth of eightieth generation of man around to develop.
2007-11-04 12:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, and that process began when one individual first identified that he was a beast different than the others. "Brutes abstract not," but humans do. To differentiate "man" from the other beasts was the first act of abstracting our differences and discovering the ideal means of remaining different and of raising ourselves to the level of "Man qua Man."
2007-11-04 07:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that man anyhow can be developed from beast. The word develop is more concerned with theory of evolution.
Adolf Hitler wrote in his biography that (concerned with time) -''love'' is weaker than "detestation",so he used that for gathering crowd.. What people mean with ''love'' is still questionable in thinking of philosophers... We have all possibilities.
2007-11-04 05:51:14 · answer #5 · answered by Sam.arth 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are beast. No doubt.
Just look at the World that we created.
2007-11-03 22:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and we haven't fallen far from the tree.
I also believe that our universe is a highly evolved creature and our role in it is highly tuned/evolved. This means that our evolution was possibly not entirely random, but our greatest grandest parents included furry rodents, and pond slime.
2007-11-04 01:16:34 · answer #7 · answered by Graham P 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The beast or clay. Would we know any more than we do now for our purpose in life, and what do we believe that is.
The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.
2007-11-03 23:08:59 · answer #8 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
everything starts as something else, from a brick in a building to a chicken embryo. likewise, people started as something else, a branch of the same tree as the apes but not descended from an ape but evolved along side of it.
2007-11-03 21:58:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, I think that we were made by God who placed us above the beasts.
2007-11-03 23:15:11 · answer #10 · answered by Ory O Oreo 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋