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“At some point unknown to us, and probably desired to remain unknown an ancestor had the “I am” thought, the human species now had a mind, but more. Knowledge of Mind-All else follows
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"At some point unknown to us, and probably desired to remain unknown an ancestor had the "I am" thought, the human species now had a mind, but more. Knowledge of Mind-All else follows. However, such a thought and its consequences could only have been possible because of language." All else followed- what followed? Since the dawn of Humanity, people have been going through life fulfilling their essential needs; eating, sleeping and mating. It is still very much the same today, but there has been a significant amount of change in the way we think and act. Nowadays I think I can confidently presume that we are all aware of ourselves as intelligent, rationally thinking human beings. It cannot always have been like that, there must have been a moment in time when the first human suddenly perceives himself as; not only a living being with constant needs, but a being...
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