Superiority
What makes me wise or intelligent more so than other animals? One answer could be that God made me to be. Saying this also makes me a creation of God, adding to my identity. Do we truly know if other species can't think the way we can? Some species are certainly as intelligent if not more so than some of us. Maybe it's deep thought like this soliloquy that separates us. Then again, how do we know they can't also think of soliloquies
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Socrates says, "The unexamined life is not worth living."
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