[42] therefore the practises and uses of the virtues have received from God this especial honour beyond the souls of other animals. And therefore, also, it is most [20] expressly and plainly declared that God placed that man which is really man in us, namely, the mind, among the most sacred shoots and plants of excellence and virtue. But among those animals which have no share in mind, no one has ever cultivated any plant worth speaking of, since there is not one of them capable by nature of receiving comprehension.