76 THE HUMANIZING OF THE BRUTE. 



faculty. Herewith we have proved our definition 

 that intelligent activity involves essentially a perfect con- 

 sciousness of final tendency, and is guided by a purely 

 spiritual cognition arid appetite, 



What, therefore, is the essential criterion of distinc- 

 tion between instinctive and intelligent activity? An 

 intelligent action implies necessarily consciousness of fina- 

 lity, whilst an instinctive one does not. Does this criter- 

 ion postulate an essential difference? Yes, an instinc- 

 tive action is of a sensuous, an intelligent act of a spiri- 

 tual character. 



