Species: human. Proximate genus: animal. Remote genus: body or growing body. Proximate differentia: rational (in the traditional sense of intellect). Property: capable of laughter, traditionally expressed by ḍāḥik. The property distinguishes in the classical teaching example but is not treated as an essential constituent of the human essence.
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Species: human. Proximate genus: animal. Remote genus: body or growing body. Proximate differentia: rational (in the traditional sense of intellect). Property: capable of laughter, traditionally expressed by ḍāḥik. The property distinguishes in the classical teaching example but is not treated as an essential constituent of the human essence.