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Interesting to think how we got so full of ourselves that we ever thought we were.

• assbuttbuttass 5y ago
  This idea comes from Mechanical Philosophy, and is represented in the writings of Descartes. According to his dualist view of the world, the soul and body are opposed, but only humans have a soul. He wanted to show that animals are just automata, and believed that they are incapable of feeling pain.
  • spaetzleesser 5y ago
    I think the Bible also made a big contribution to that thinking by telling humans to rule over the world.
    • arpa 5y ago
      literally in god's image
    • beebeepka 5y ago
      And certain people to rule over all other people. It literally says both. The old testament is astonishingly horrible
• klipt 5y ago
  Probably just evolution. Contemplating the morality of eating antelope doesn't help the lion survive. Assuming that antelope are for eating does.