“According to my observations, mankind are among the most easily tamable and domesticable of all creatures in the animal world. They are readily reducible to submission, so readily conditionable (to coin a word) as to exhibit an almost incredibly enduring patience under restraint and oppression of the most flagrant character. So far are they from displaying any overweening love of freedom that they show a singular contentment with a condition of servitorship, often showing a curious canine pride in it, and again often simply unaware that they are existing in that condition.” WorldCharacterShowsAnimalConditionsMankindPrideCreaturesEndureOppressionObservationCuriousContentmentRestraintCoinsSubmissionExhibitsCanineAnimal World Author:Albert J. Nock
“It is a curious paradox of human history that a doctrine that tells human beings to regard themselves as sacrificial animals has been accepted as a doctrine representing benevolence and love for mankind.” HumansHas BeensHuman BeingsAnimalAtheismMankindAnd LoveRegardPositive AtheismAcceptedDoctrineCuriousParadoxHuman HistoryBenevolenceRepresenting Book:Honoring the Self Source: Honoring the Self
“The reptiles had taken over the city. Once again they were the dominant form of life. Looking up at the ancient impassive faces, Kerans could understand the curious fear they roused, rekindling archaic memories of the terrifying jungles of the Paleocene, when the reptiles had gone down before the emergent mammals, and sense the implacable hatred one zoological class feels towards another that usurps it.” FeelsFacesFormMemoriesAnimalCitiesClassGoneTakenHatredAncientCuriousDominantJungleMammalsReptiles Book:The Drowned World and the Wind From Nowhere Source: The Drowned World and the Wind From Nowhere