Then you don't *literally* have an argument? A wink and a nudge is not an actual claim.
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We know they do this. We see it.
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This is, for reason's Eve is gesturing at, a vast misunderstanding. Plato, e.g. both defined us ->
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*as* animals (of a kind) and pointed out ways in which we differ from *other* animals morally. ->
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To claim we are *different* from other animals (we are) is in no way to infer that we aren't animals
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I can literally think of no major philosophical thinker who was willing to claim we weren't animals.
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But very many who divided the spiritual from the bestial. Augustine springs to mind. Sapientia & scientia
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And I would point out that even if this were so *and* false, it would not follow that ->
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it would in no way follow that "transcendence" *as such* would be false also. Requires more argument
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Transhumanism is a common non-religious one. Transcend the body & become pure mind within technology
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People with greater expertise than me can argue abt whether this is or will be possible & so true.
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