?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Is+the+Human+Distinguishable+from+the+Animal+by+being+a+Rational+Animal%3F+%0D%0AIn+Principles+of+Nature+and+Grace+by+G.+W.+Leibniz&rft.creator=Dobra%2C+Alexandra&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Peer+Review&rft.description=The+present+paper+aims+to+proceed+to+a+succinct+analysis+of+Leibniz%E2%80%99s+Principles+of+Nature+and+Grace+(section+5)%2C+by+exploiting+the+cardinal+arguments+acquainted+in+it+%E2%80%93+namely%2C+is+he+human+distinguishable+from+the+animal+thanks+to+his+capacity+of+being+endowed+with+rationality%3F+Henceforth%2C+for+answering+this+question%2C+the+herewith+paper+obeys+to+a+linear+analysis+and+presents+a+corpus+structured+in+three+main+parts.+The+first+two+parts+aims+to+highlight+the+text%2C+through+furnishing+explanations+on+the+main+concepts+and+concerns%2C+while+the+third+part+of+the+corpus+offers+at+prima+facie+a+criticism+towards+the+Leibnizian+principle+%E2%80%93+according+to+which+humans+are+rational+%E2%80%93+in+order+to+finally+strengthen+this+latter+principle%2C+by+emphazing+that+there+are+no+solid+disparagements+(confutatio)+towards+it.&rft.contributor=Pavl%C3%ADk+%2C+doc.+PhDr.+J.+Pavl%C3%ADk+&rft.contributor=Vacura%2C+Mgr.+Ing.+PhDr.+M.+Vacura&rft.date=2009-10-05&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6648%2F1%2Fdobra09.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dobra%2C+Alexandra++(2009)+Is+the+Human+Distinguishable+from+the+Animal+by+being+a+Rational+Animal%3F+In+Principles+of+Nature+and+Grace+by+G.+W.+Leibniz.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6648%2F