"So for me, freedom of expression, it is mainly as a human. Like, I love the definition of Arab philosophers to human beings, we call it "speaking animal". So that's the definition in logic, like the science of logic, meditated on by the Greeks, and that defines a human being as a speaking animal, which means later on. Descartes, the French philosopher, describes it like the Ergo: I think, so I am. So the act of speaking is an act of thinking, and it's what makes us human. So this is my definition that I love about freedom of expression, because it's the condition, the bottom line of our human being."
"I read a little bit of logics, like science of logic, and this is the definition that the Arabs give to define what is a human being; to differentiate us from, from plants or animals, or, I don't know, rocks, et cetera. So the humans are speaking, animals, And by speaking, it's in the Arabic definition of the word speaking, it's thinking. It's equal to thinking."
Freedom of expression is presented as an intrinsic condition of being human, rooted in the idea that humans are "speaking animals." Speaking is equated with thinking and thus constitutes the essence of humanity. The concept draws on Arab philosophical definitions and the tradition of logic meditated on by the Greeks, with a parallel to Descartes' formulation "I think, therefore I am." Reading logic informed this understanding and helped differentiate humans from plants, animals, or inanimate objects. Formal education in Tunisia included Arabic, French, and English from primary through secondary school.
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