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“Wenn jemand eine Weide schöner findet als eine Buche, ein Schwein hässlicher als eine Kuh, einen Geier bösartiger als ein Eichhörnchen, dann hat das mit uns Menschen zu tun, mit der Geschichte des Blicks, mit den Büchern, Gemälden, Filmen, mit den Worten und den Bildern, mit den Behauptungen, die der Mensch über die Natur aufgestellt hat, und damit, wie er die Natur abgebildet hat, früher und heute.”

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