
The Allure of the “Natural” (with Alan Levinovitz)
Free Thoughts
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Is Nature the Idealized Place in Which Human Intention Is Absent?
Natural is a place where the forms of organization and the types of activity are predominantly non willed by humans. When people say, go back to nature, i think often what they mean is occupy a home that is more like the kinds of homes that exist with animals. The word organic is related to that idea of spontaneity. A grass roots movement is much better than something that has been astro turfed. It's just that you shouldn't worship iton that positive connotation because there's something metaphysically important about naturalism.
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