Animals Paper

This past month or so in History, we have been comparing ourselves to animals. From the time I could talk, I knew I was part of a...culture you could say. A race, but not in the sense of white or black. Like the Human Race. When I went to elementary school for the first time, I learned that I was a mammal, without any good reason. Now, as I'm learning that we, as the Human Race are all animals as well, it makes a lot of sense, but there are still some obstacles. For example, the biblical story of creation: Genesis. As “God” goes about his 7-day creation of the universe, he creates Man, on the last day, the day after he creates “Animals”; thus in the Christian world view, Man is characterized in a category of his own, rather than the evolutionary perspective that asserts a continuum between man and animal. In Genesis, they are viewed as distinct. Scientific Classification, 95% of our time is with humans, Particularly in urban settings, man is confined to interacting with other humans. He cannot get in touch with his fellow living beings that are the animal kingdom, even though he is dependent on them ecologically for survival. we emphasize our non-animal traits—the tendency to exchange, that is the quintessence of commerce; we have the ability to produce more than we need, we walk on two feet, we give birth unnaturally, Man is forever trying to surpass his animal condition. , evolution, and Mind vs. Body (Rene Descartes).
Man is not an “automaton”
While several animals may surpass man in physical prowess, man has the advantage of his highly developed mental capacity. Man has the faculty of reason, and is not governed by instinct alone, and is thereby distinct from animals—this is at the heart of enlightenment philosophy.
On man is governed most effectively by his desires.


Wild animals and domestic animals
Man as an animal who is in a cage/ circus. Society

Animals in an Hour

In 1 specific hour, while in the park i saw:
Dogs
Birds
A Racoon
A Rat
A couple Cats
While walking to the park i saw:
Chicken
Cows
Pigs
Turkey
Because they were dead and people were eating them