What distinguished man from animals was the human capacity for symbolic thought, the capacity which was inseparable from the devel...opment of language in which words were not mere signals, but signifiers of something other than themselves. Yet the first symbols were animals. What distinguished men from animals was born of their relationship with them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban strang...er to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and and not by a but.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Light-lashed, self-righteous, above moving snouts, the pigs' eyes followed him, a cheerful stare,... even to the sow that always ate her young--LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »