We are not just rather like animals; we are animals. Our difference from other species may be striking, but comparisons with them have always been, and must be, crucial to our view of ourselves.


Introduction, Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature (1979).

Mary Midgley Quotes

We are not just rather like animals; we are animals. Our difference from other species may be striking, but comparisons with them have always been,...

We are not just rather like animals; we are animals. Our difference from other species may be striking, but comparisons with them have always been,...

We are not just rather like animals; we are animals. Our difference from other species may be striking, but comparisons with them have always been,...

We are not just rather like animals; we are animals. Our difference from other species may be striking, but comparisons with them have always been,...