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Apes don't read philosophy.
— Otto • A Fish Called Wanda
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker flatly declares that apes do not read philosophy. It draws a blunt line between creatures of instinct and those who reflect, and it can work as a dismissive put-down aimed at someone treated as brutish. The confident, sweeping tone makes it sound like settled fact in the speaker's view.
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