The term rational animal (Latin: animal rationale or animal rationabile) refers to a classical definition of humanity or human nature, associated with...

The tradition since Aristotle has defined a human being as animal rationale (a rational animal). However, Cassirer claimed that man's outstanding characteristic...

human nature, and being a "thought bearer animal" (ζῶον λόγον ἔχον, animal rationale),[citation needed] a term that also may have inspired the species taxonomy...

fact that a traditional definition of man—Homo est animal rationale (Humans are rational animals)—was prominent in academia around Swift's time. Furthermore...

vote). A 2016 study found that support for animal testing may not be based on cogent philosophical rationales, and more open debate is warranted. A 2007...

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is an alternative or complementary type of therapy that includes the use of animals in a treatment. The goal of this animal-assisted...

An animal model (short for animal disease model) is a living, non-human, often genetic-engineered animal used during the research and investigation of...

(which Augustine defines as being a mortal and rational animal: homo, id est animal rationale mortale), but insisted that if they were human they were...

example, has sometimes been criticised for providing a rationale for the mistreatment of animals because he argued that only humans are conscious. Philosophers...

novel “As I Lay Dying” references animal magnetism in a brief chapter in which the character Cash explains his rationale for the design of the wooden coffin...