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According to Buddhism, sentient beings made of pure consciousness are possible. In Mahayana Buddhism, which includes Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, the concept is related to the Bodhisattva, an enlightened being devoted to the liberation of others. The first vow of a Bodhisattva states, "Sentient beings are numberless; I vow to free them."
According to the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, "near human-like levels of consciousness" have been observed in the grey parrot. [1]Animal consciousness, or animal awareness, is the quality or state of self-awareness within an animal, or of being aware of an external object or something within itself.
The word sapience is derived from the Latin sapientia, meaning "wisdom". [50] The corresponding verb sapere has the original meaning of "to taste", hence "to perceive, to discern" and "to know"; its present participle sapiens was chosen by Carl Linnaeus for the Latin binomial for the human species, Homo sapiens .
From 'automata' to sentient. There is not a standard definition for animal sentience or consciousness, but generally the terms denote an ability to have subjective experiences: to sense and map ...
The Elf Ecthelion slays the Orc champion Orcobal in Gondolin. 2007 illustration by Tom Loback. J. R. R. Tolkien, a devout Roman Catholic, [T 1] created what he came to feel was a moral dilemma for himself with his supposedly evil Middle-earth peoples like Orcs, when he made them able to speak.
Sapient means to be able to reflect on memories, and or possessing wisdom and may refer to: Brian Sapient, co-founder of atheist activist group Rational Response Squad;
Sentient beings are composed of the five aggregates : matter, sensation, perception, mental formations and consciousness. In the Samyutta Nikaya , the Buddha is recorded as saying that "just as the word 'chariot' exists on the basis of the aggregation of parts, even so the concept of 'being' exists when the five aggregates are available."
Felis sapiens (also Felix sapiens), a fictional, sentient, humanoid species from the Red Dwarf television series; Icthyo sapiens is a species designation given to at least two fictional characters: The Mariner, played by Kevin Costner in the sci-fi film Waterworld; Abe Sapien, a fictional character in the Hellboy comic book series