Part V
Two tests distinguish humans from machines/animals: (1) use of language to express thoughts in novel situations, (2) flexibility of reason applicable to all contingencies, which mere mechanism cannot match.
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From Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
Animals lack reason and language; they are mere machines, distinguished from humans who possess a rational soul evidenced by linguistic creativity.
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