"
In this world, nothing is certain, except death and taxes
" - this famous aphorism of Benjamin Franklin could be considered today as an example of anthropocentrism, that is to say the perception of the world through the prism of a single species, in this case
Homo sapiens
.
However, this aphorism is only half true.
Because, if taxes are a typically human invention, death is common to all living organisms.
This is the biological price to pay for cell division.
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But Franklin's anthropocentrism was justified insofar as he knew he would die one day.
For centuries, in addition to religion, awareness of our mortality has served as a club argument to prove the uniqueness of our species.
Do other species know they are deadly?
The
Homo sapiens
is not so special
In the light of current knowledge, it cannot be denied that other animals experience emotions such as joy, fear or anger.
The manifestations of
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