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Steve H

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Perishing Worthless dead
« on: October 18, 2020, 05:51:37 PM »
I came to realise that every time we recognise something human in creatures, we are also recognising something creaturely in ourselves. That is central to the rejection of human supremacism as the pernicious doctrine it is.
Robert Macfarlane

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Re: Perishing Worthless dead
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2020, 05:54:34 PM »
Assumed he was dead long ago

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Re: Perishing Worthless dead
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2020, 06:04:31 PM »
Assumed he was dead long ago
No, he just looked that way.
I came to realise that every time we recognise something human in creatures, we are also recognising something creaturely in ourselves. That is central to the rejection of human supremacism as the pernicious doctrine it is.
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Re: Perishing Worthless dead
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Re: Perishing Worthless dead
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2020, 08:50:02 PM »
 ;D
I came to realise that every time we recognise something human in creatures, we are also recognising something creaturely in ourselves. That is central to the rejection of human supremacism as the pernicious doctrine it is.
Robert Macfarlane