Single Idea 17204

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 7. Animal Minds]

Full Idea

Many things are observed in brutes which far surpass human sagacity.

Gist of Idea

Animals are often observed to be wiser than people

Source

Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], III Pr 02)

Book Reference

Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics', ed/tr. White,WH/Stirling,AH [Wordsworth 2001], p.101


A Reaction

Lovely - especially in an age when animals were being actively downgraded (e.g. by Descartes) in order to upgrade man.