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Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature by William Cronon
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“Sas soon as we label something as "natural", we attach to it the powerful implication that any change from its current state would degrade and damage the way it is "supposed" to be”
― William Cronon, Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
tags: nature, science
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“As soon as we label something as "natural", we attach to it the powerful implication that any change from its current state would degrade and damage the way it is "supposed" to be.”
― William Cronon, Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
tags: nature, philosophy
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