The Mind of an Ape is a 1983 book by David and Ann James Premack. The authors argue that it is possible to teach language to (non-human) great apes. They write that: "We now know that someone who comprehends speech must know language, even if he or she cannot produce it."
Read more about The Mind Of An Ape: The Authors, The Apes, Language Suitable For An Ape, The Language Tokens, Questions, New Symbols, Other Concepts, The Conditional Statement, Pointing, Mappings and Other Representations, Spontaneous Productions, Natural Gestures, Other Personal Traits
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“Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman’s sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Men have various employments and pursuits which engage their attention, and give a character to the opening mind; but women, confined to one, and having their thoughts constantly directed to the most insignificant part of themselves, seldom extend their views beyond the triumph of the hour.”
—Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
“What is the ape to man? A laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment. And just that shall man be for the superman: a laughing-stock or a painful embarrassment.”
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