The book uses the classical definition “rational animal.” In this context, “animal” indicates a living, sensing and moving being; “rational” signifies the distinctively human capacity for intellectual understanding.
Example 1: Animal is one conceptual component.
Example 2: Rational is the other.
Here natiq must not be reduced to the physical ability to speak; otherwise a person unable to speak would be incorrectly excluded.
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What do animal and rational mean?
The Three Kinds of Conventional Verbal Indication
The book uses the classical definition “rational animal.” In this context, “animal” indicates a living, sensing and moving being; “rational” signifies the distinctively human capacity for intellectual understanding.
Example 1: Animal is one conceptual component.
Example 2: Rational is the other.
Here natiq must not be reduced to the physical ability to speak; otherwise a person unable to speak would be incorrectly excluded.