companion to his Creature (III:3:1). Yet, this present rearticulation of his thinking
revises the terms used earlier, substituting what appears to be a distinction between
natural and unnatural life forms, or at least between a majority and minority class,
that many readers would find invidious because inherently racist. Again, if this is
to be construed as an attempt at honest reassessment, the strained casuistry hints
at a slanted self-exoneration.