Human beings, having, above all creatures, received the power of reason... need to be aware where nature is unaware. Nature reaches its culmination in humans, but human consciousness has not its essence in itself or nature.
Biological taxonomy
A deep reflection on humanity's unique place in nature and the nature of consciousness.
18th Century
Found in 1 providers: gemini
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"The calyx is the marriage bed, the corolla the bed-curtains, the filaments the spermatic vessels, the anthers the testes, the pollen the semen, the pistil the vagina, the ovary the uterus, the ovules …"
Shocking"When the spiritual light is concentrated in the brain, everything else must be sinking in the dark."
Philosophical"The earth is the theatre of God's glory."
Strange & Unusual"Yet man does recognise himself [as an animal]. But I ask you and the whole world for a generic differentia between man and ape which conforms to the principles of natural history, I certainly know of …"
Philosophical"Every plant is a book, which, if we want to understand, we must learn its language."
Shocking