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The region has generally been regarded as a primeval wilderness, a place in which there are, as Thomas Hobbes described the state of nature, “no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death.”
David Grann • The Lost City of Z
Theodor Schwenk’s book, Sensitive Chaos, should be required
reading for all Terrestrials. Schwenk writes:
“Men gradually lost the knowledge and experience of water, until at
last they came to see it merely as a substance and means of
transmitting energy. Man now looked no longer at the being of
water but merely at its physical value. Certain archetypal
... See more“… we can no longer afford to carry on in a prolonged era of polite reflection and ineffective resistance. An Era of Emergencies is bearing down on us." - Barry Lopez from embrace fearlessly the burning world
his life, he has been homesick.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
The young Latin American intellectual Simón Bolívar had sought him out in Rome one year to talk about political freedom. John Charles Frémont, who regarded Humboldt as a god, had gone off exploring and sprinkled Humboldt’s name all over the map of Nevada. John Bachman would say that his own interest in natural history began with meeting Humboldt at
... See moreDavid McCullough • Brave Companions
People like him show that a deeper intimacy with nature is possible and that this intimacy does not have to rely on the obliterative arrogance of Western culture.
Teju Cole • Tremor: A Novel
truculent
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Encounters with the Archdruid: Narratives About a Conservationist and Three of His Natural Enemies
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