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Re: no sound ever comes from the gates of eden
Apr 21, 2004, 08:05
""Surely you'd agree that animals have a "oneness" with nature that humans have lost?"

That concept seems to bounce round discussions of pre-monumental history all the time, not the bit about animals but the concept that we've lost something, lost our way, had a biblical fall, made a huge Copeic mistake.

Well I agree absolutely that crowding and concrete breed psychoses, and gardening is good for you, and modern life can be bad for us as it can engender unhealthy attitudes and we're not well equipped for it. And I agree that a simple rural life is probably what we're naturally designed for and the best thing for us.

But I get puzzled about the "oneness with nature" mullarkey. What evidence can there be that there was once such an attitude?
Civil-isation might have had bad side effects but that's not a reason to postulate a fall from a state of grace, unless there's evidence. Is Mr Cope under the influence of Christianity?
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