Quote of the day by Carl Linnaeus: “I well know what a splendidly great difference there is [between] a man and a bestia when I...”

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Image: Wikipedia/AI-RefinedCenturies before modern genetics established the close evolutionary relationship between humans and other primates, Carl Linnaeus was already willing to examine humanity through the eyes of a naturalist.
In one of his reflections, he acknowledged the moral and religious distinctions people traditionally placed between humans and other animals, but then deliberately set those ideas aside to study the body itself.
He wrote, “It behooves me like a cobbler to stick to my last, in my own workshop, and as a naturalist to consider man and his body.

Image: Wikipedia/AI-RefinedCenturies before modern genetics established the close evolutionary relationship between humans and other primates, Carl Linnaeus was already willing to examine humanity through the eyes of a naturalist.
In one of his reflections, he acknowledged the moral and religious distinctions people traditionally placed between humans and other animals, but then deliberately set those ideas aside to study the body itself.
He wrote, “It behooves me like a cobbler to stick to my last, in my own workshop, and as a naturalist to consider man and his body.

Sources: Times of India