Philosophers have always tried to show that we are not like other animals, sniffing their way uncertainly through the world. Yet after all the work of Plato and Spinoza, Descartes and Bertrand Russell we have no more reason than other animals do for believing that the sun will rise tomorrow.


The Deception: Animal Faith (p. 55) - Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (2002)

John Gray Quotes

Philosophers have always tried to show that we are not like other animals, sniffing their way uncertainly through the world. Yet after all the work...

Philosophers have always tried to show that we are not like other animals, sniffing their way uncertainly through the world. Yet after all the work...

Philosophers have always tried to show that we are not like other animals, sniffing their way uncertainly through the world. Yet after all the work...

Philosophers have always tried to show that we are not like other animals, sniffing their way uncertainly through the world. Yet after all the work...