Theos-Talk Archives (March 1998 Message tl00164)

> From: "K. Paul Johnson" <pjohnson@vsla.edu>
>
> The cumulative effect of reading a lot of these stories is to
> realize that feelings of compassion and caring are not just our
> unique human capacity; they're inherent in life itself.  And that
> somehow makes one appreciate life in all its variety in a new
> way.

We are more animal than we think. Not that that's a bad thing, just a
fact. A lot of what we take for granted as being "Human" isn't at all:
it's animal or vegetal or below. Manas is the defining human attribute.

Mark