What defines humanity

"Cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am) may be the words of Descartes. Indeed he is not wrong.

But the greater dichotomy between man and beast, that allows us to juxtapose ourselves against the rest of the animal kingdom as a higher organism is probably the capacity to feel and to empathise, and in goodness and in love, act on this empathy, such that we edify the lives of others.

Go figure.