Plato and Pico, though eras apart, would argue that man possesses a gift beyond one’s superficial, earthly senses. The sophistication of man, beyond the innate instincts, ultimately comes down to, ironically, a simple concept of common sense: the awareness of our own mortalities. This seemingly unimportant detail, compared to the rest of our attributes, is in fact everything that makes the difference; everything that shaped the way mankind came to be.
Man’s awareness of his own mortality…
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