Voices of the Earth: An Anthology of Ideas and ArgumentsA unique collection of readings conveying the enormous range of discussions and debates which, over the centuries, have questioned our place within and treatment of the natural world. The extracts chosen cover both Western and non-Western traditions of thought, and represent a diverse range of sources, including writers, theologians, scientists, poets and philosophers, from the early Hindu scriptures to Sartre. The extracts have been chosen for their accessibility for the modern reader, and the volume includes a comprehensive introduction outlining the issues involved, and commentaries which put the individual texts in context. The extracts in this book raise fundamental questions about our relationship with the world we live in, and will inform current concerns about the environmental crises we are facing. Fascinating reading, and an indispensable source of reference. |
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Page 118
... feeling of my heart for living nature , which flooded me with so much rapture , which turned the world around me into a paradise , is now becoming an unendurable tormentor to me , a torturing spirit that pursues me on all my ways ...
... feeling of my heart for living nature , which flooded me with so much rapture , which turned the world around me into a paradise , is now becoming an unendurable tormentor to me , a torturing spirit that pursues me on all my ways ...
Page 161
... feeling is conveyed in connection with the idea of nature - the word unnatural . That a thing is unnatural , in any precise meaning which can be attached to the word , is no argument for its being blamable ; since the most criminal ...
... feeling is conveyed in connection with the idea of nature - the word unnatural . That a thing is unnatural , in any precise meaning which can be attached to the word , is no argument for its being blamable ; since the most criminal ...
Page 177
... feels ( the only adequate knowledge , where feeling is concerned ) how they feel , and he finds his own joy in sharing their lives , lived according to their own free decisions , not fully anticipated by any detailed plan of his own ...
... feels ( the only adequate knowledge , where feeling is concerned ) how they feel , and he finds his own joy in sharing their lives , lived according to their own free decisions , not fully anticipated by any detailed plan of his own ...
Contents
NonEuropean Traditions | 17 |
The Classical World | 28 |
The JudaeoChristian | 43 |
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