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Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'.

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 02/01/2013
      ISBN13: 9780226924168, 978-0226924168
      ISBN10: 0226924165
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literary studies: general

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      Book Synopsis
      Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'.

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