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Card #c295IR // #c295Synthesis

Consider this also, O Son, That God hath freely bestowed upon man, above all other living things, these two, to wit, Mind and Speech, or Reason, equal to immortality.

— In our words · Source: The Divine Pymander (Hermes Trismegistus (tr. Everard))

[Use when]

Use when ranking what makes a human "above" other animals without biology chauvinism.

[Why it matters]

Nous + logos are the immortality-grade gifts — not the body, not status.

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