Dogs often remind us of the human, ail-too human. Cats, never.
Even a cow creates ambiguous signifiers. The moo of mystery.
The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
Intelligence complicates. Wisdom simplifies.
Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.
Transcendence is something between a metaphor and a miracle.