Man as an Animal

An Interpretive Analysis of the Verses of the Cultivation of Common Man to the Qur'anic Man under Divine Teaching

The human conditions was very different before and after breathing the soul and the teaching the names; This caused the devil not to prostrate and to disobey the divine command. The present study, by descriptive-analytical method and by comparing the verses of Surahs: Al-Alaq, Al-Baqarah and Al-Rahman and considering the relationship between the mentioned verses, came to the conclusion that the...

Reducing Anthrax Infection in Man through Animal Vaccination in Iran

Editor's Note/Man, the Story-Telling Animal

Animal Pedagogy: The Origin of ‘Man’ in Rousseau and Herder

Animal metaphors and examples in texts of Rousseau and Herder appear as either ideal or abject ancestors and are thereby assimilated into the history of man. In spite of their differences, for both Rousseau and Herder, men become civilised by eating animals. And, their use of animal metaphors and illustrations belie the very distinction between man and animal that their invocation

The rights of man and animal experimentation.

Since emotions give contradictory signals about animal experimentation in medical science, man's relationship to animals must be based upon reason. Thomas Aquinas argues that man is essentially different from animals because man's intellectual processes show evidence of an abstract mechanism not possessed by animals. Man's rights arise in association with this essential difference. The conseque...

Nutritional programming of gastrointestinal tract development. Is the pig a good model for man?

The consequences of early-life nutritional programming in man and other mammalian species have been studied chiefly at the metabolic level. Very few studies, if any, have been performed in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) as the target organ, but extensive GIT studies are needed since the GIT plays a key role in nutrient supply and has an impact on functions of the entire organism. The possible...