Tuesday, October 2, 2012

What Makes Man Different from Animals.16


"But I differ from Aristotle over certain aspects of anthropology, particularly over his definition of the human being as 'a rational animal', a definition which excludes people with mental handicaps from humanity. I would sooner define the human being as 'someone capable of love'."

--Jean Vanier, Our Journey Home

2 comments:

hopkins said...

oh my goodness, my mom wrote the thesis on his stuff about children.

Emily Hale said...

I don't know his stuff about children! But I really like what I'm reading so far in that book!