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Dumb Beasts and Dead Philosophers

by Catherine Osborne

2007 262 pages eng

Animal rights do not feature explicitly in ancient thought. Indeed the notion of natural rights in general is not obviously present in the classical world. Plato and Aristotle are typically read as racist and elitist thinkers who barely recognise the humanity of their fellow humans. Surely they woul…

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