Animality, as noted in class tonight, is an inescapable (if recessive) part of our species identity. We're not always such paragons, alas.
Humanimal: How Homo sapiens Became Nature's Most Paradoxical Creature—A New Evolutionary History, By Adam Rutherford
Scepticism and Animal Faith: Introduction to a System of Philosophy, By George Santayana
Also mentioned in class, The Courtier and the Heretic - Matthew Stewart's book about Leibniz and Spinoza:
And Nature's God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic, his book about the founders' freethought and commitment to church/state separation:
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