Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas


‘We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation,’ wrote Dean Inge, ‘and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.’
A.C. Grayling • The Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to life

To have fur, to detect fast movements, to be afraid, to breathe underwater, to see in the dark, to carry precious stones, to be aerial, to make silver trails, to drink from the lake, to care for your offspring, to live in song, to play, to create micro crevices on the ground, to know death, to move with the moon, to cure with herbs, to be... See more
the Capabilities Approach emphasizes the needs of members of each indi -vidual species to exercise their typical species capabilities. An elephant must have the capa -bility to travel through a range thousands of miles wide; this ability is of no use to a house cat. Dolphins must be able to form social groups; polar bears have no such requirement.... See more