The trouble with human beings is not really that they love themselves too much; they ought to love themselves more. The trouble is simply that they don’t love others enough. "The End of Anthropocentrism?
When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race-a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a snowstorm, an odd-shaped flint… - Mary Midgley
When some portion of the biosphere is rather unpopular with the human race-a crocodile, a dandelion, a stony valley, a snowstorm, an odd-shaped flint…
- Mary Midgley
Morally as well as physically, there is only one world, and we all have to live in it - Mary Midgley
Morally as well as physically, there is only one world, and we all have to live in it
It is this claim to a monopoly of meaning, rather than any special scientific doctrine, that makes science and religion look like competitors today. … - Mary Midgley
It is this claim to a monopoly of meaning, rather than any special scientific doctrine, that makes science and religion look like competitors today. …
Hubris calls for nemesis, and in one form or another it's going to get it, not as a punishment from outside but as the completion of a pattern alread… - Mary Midgley
Hubris calls for nemesis, and in one form or another it's going to get it, not as a punishment from outside but as the completion of a pattern alread…
It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward, but is… - Mary Midgley
It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward, but is…
The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating death. Th… - Mary Midgley
The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating death. Th…
None of us can study anything properly unless we do it with our whole being. - Mary Midgley
None of us can study anything properly unless we do it with our whole being.
What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up and clarify some special aspect of life, to supply… - Mary Midgley
What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up and clarify some special aspect of life, to supply…
Few scientists would treat their cars as badly as they treat their conceptual schemes. - Mary Midgley
Few scientists would treat their cars as badly as they treat their conceptual schemes.
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