ArnoldRimmer on 16 December 2012
I'd also vote for "self-awareness" and the fears etc. that stem from being aware of every creature's and thus one's own inevitable fate: death, which is said to be exclusive to humans.
Hmmm, I just wonder if the "forbidden fruit of knowledge" that led to Adam and Eve's departure from the paradisiacal garden of Eden is actually primarily an allegory for that insight...
