universe – On the Human http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human a project of the National Humanities Center Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:39:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Scope of Human Thought http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2009/08/the-scope-of-human-thought/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2009/08/the-scope-of-human-thought/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:39:52 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/humannature/?p=294 Biologically, we resemble other animals, but mentally, we leave them in the dust. The scope of human thought is vast. Why are we so different?

Animals—including us—live, think, and feel in the here and now. Living, thinking, and feeling are biological events, existing only in the present. When we think about the past or the

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