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I am grateful to Simona Vucu for having recommended to me "The Case of the Animals versus Man Before the King of the Jinn" (10th c.). A few excerpts:
Animals: ``Your vaunted powers of perception & fine discrimination are not unique, for there are animlas with finer senses 1/10
Animals: ``Your vaunted powers of perception & fine discrimination are not unique, for there are animlas with finer senses 1/10
and more precise discrimination. The camel, for example, despite his long legs and neck and the elevation of his head in the air, finds his footing along the most arduous and treacherous pathways in the dark of night, which you could not make out and not one of you could 2/10
see without a lantern, torch, or candle. [\dots] An ass or cow is frequently observed to return to its familiar home when its master has led it away of a path it did not know and left it. Yet there are men who may travel the same road any number of times and still stray from 3/10
