“... gorilla stubbornness and negativism have been encountered and documented in our work with Koko and Michael, but certain findings indicate that this is evidence of intelligence and independence rather than of stupidity.’ Some apes may prefer playing Groucho to joining the Club. Much close-minded reasoning about propositional attitudes in animals (by Donald ...”

“... reaction is to recall a Scottish poet, not exactly a household name: Some lines of John Davidson suddenly came into my head: ‘And so they wait, while empires sprung Of hatred thunder past above, Deep in the earth for ever young Tannhäuser and the Queen of Love’ On reflection, the situation was not a very close parallel, because it was most ...”