Humans and animals throughout history
by Safih Choat

Man identifies with nature as a biological being.

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In this sense, the progress of our universe is built as men build themselves and their world, since their evolution, based on their need for survival through time.

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Throughout this journey, man needed to know nature, dominate it, and transform it according to his needs.

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By studying this universe in which he lives, he created and mastered its laws through knowledge, and in this way, human knowledge began to present itself in different forms, such as historical, philosophical, theological, scientific, and holistic. The sciences then emerge as a way of understanding the world, expressed by man throughout time, since he is the main character in this process of development of thought. As S. Lane (1985) analyzes, man "iswing, think, learn and teach, transform nature, man is culture, is history. 

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We see then that the milestone of this process, of the evolution of thought and emergence of the first scientific theories, occurs from the moment in which man leaves the condition of believer (believing for the sake of believing), to a critical condition, whose affirmation can be "I think that".

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In view of this, we can say that this concern with so-called subjective activities is as old as the first forms of rational thought, that is, when man thinks about the world, other men and himself, he elaborates psychological ideas, ideas that refer to individual and subjective processes, such as, for example, perceptions and emotions.

 

Therefore, to understand scientific ideas and their applicability, including the new specialties in which traditional medicine and veterinary medicine operate today, we must look beyond the cause and effect relationship of their applicability. 

We must read with feeling, strip ourselves of prejudices and common sense, perceive the subtlety of details, which provide this work with a deeper harmony in the issue of diagnosis.  

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Understanding and progressing towards our well-being, extended to all beings with whom we interact, implies constant improvement, which is linked to both innovations and advances in technological and scientific aspects, as well as the recognition of the importance and collaboration of human aspects, be they historical, philosophical or psychological. It implies the admission that all these factors are intrinsically linked." To revisit, to reconsider the available data, to review, to search in a constant search for meaning, to examine closely, to pay attention, to analyze carefully, is to do science, to improve oneself, but also the definition of philosophy", according to Saviani, 1982.

We can now see the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders detected in all living beings, be they human, animal or plant. However, this scientific-philosophical integration is still progressing at a pace that is not as fast as the advancement of science itself. 

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Looking at the situation, until recently we had: man/idea on one side, fact/determinism on the other, in the sense that man was a simple reflection and recorder of facts, without intervening in them, since facts were for a long time conceived as mechanical and predetermined, implying the view of man as a passive being in the face of knowledge. 

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Therefore, my interest here is in awakening your attention to all possible subtle points that are often unnoticed in a diagnostic analysis, so that a useful door can be opened not only for the enrichment of diagnostic interpretation in all its variants, but also in all aspects of your daily life, providing a new view of yourself on the events of life, a more complex interpretation of this and thus increasingly contributing to the harmony of everyone around us, including yours. 

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 "First it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man himself. Now it is necessary to civilize man in relation to nature and animals. - When man learns to respect even the smallest being of creation, be it animal or vegetable, no one will need to teach him to love his fellow man."  (Victor Hugo - Albert Schweitzer)    

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