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Rationality is the most human quality in my experience; I always go back to Plato’s Dialogues to see how Socrates teaches us to use our rational minds to understand what’s going on in every situation.

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Yes!

Also, in his work Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argued that humans are unique in their ability to engage in logos, or rational thought, which allows us to deliberate, make choices, and pursue a flourishing life (eudaimonia).

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The secret is the so called "Pre-Socratics". "Plato and Parmenides " gives a taste of real mind blowing thought "Zeno's Paradoxes" is just an intro. Forget all the Pre-Socratic brain washing and dive into "Atlantis" and the" Titans"

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