Alcmaeon [of Croton] was the first to define the difference between man and animals, saying that man differs from the latter in the fact that he alone has the power of understanding.


On Sense Perceptions, section 25. As quoted in: Edwin Clarke and C. D. O'Malley, The Human Brain and Spinal Cord (1968)

Theophrastus Quotes

Alcmaeon [of Croton] was the first to define the difference between man and animals, saying that man differs from the latter in the fact that he...

Alcmaeon [of Croton] was the first to define the difference between man and animals, saying that man differs from the latter in the fact that he...

Alcmaeon [of Croton] was the first to define the difference between man and animals, saying that man differs from the latter in the fact that he...

Alcmaeon [of Croton] was the first to define the difference between man and animals, saying that man differs from the latter in the fact that he...