Animaux, animots
Animals, animots

Summary/Abstract: “Animal” is just a word, which, in the singular form, does not capture the diversity of “animal worlds”. The Latin anima primarily refers to the “breath of life” and Greek does not have a specific word, but a generic term zôon, encompassing all living beings, both animals and humans. But “animal” is also a word that hurts, conveying our stupidity and ignorance. A negation of animals, and of nature, emblematic of the excess of humankind, even though their survival is also our survival.

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