“we are nature. We are nature seeing nature. We are nature with a concept of nature. Nature weeping. Nature speaking of nature to nature.” NatureSeeingConceptsWeeping Book:Made from this earth: an anthology of writings Source: Made from this earth: an anthology of writings
“No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious.” ShowsPurposeNamesNatureConditionsNeededConceptsEvidenceIllnessObviousMental IllnessObscure Book:Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary Source: Words to the Wise: A Medical-Philosophical Dictionary
“The concept known as bal tashchit--'Do no destroy'--has a special significance in Jewish tradition...We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless, wasteful destruction of the elements and creatures of the earth is wrong...We should remind ourselves daily of our responsibility to all aspects of creation.” ShouldEarthNatureAnimalResponsibilityKnownSpecialCreationCreaturesElementsConceptsAspectTraditionDestructionSignificanceCapriciousJewish TraditionCreatures Of The Earth Author:David Geffen
“We receive experience from nature in a series of messages. From these messages we extract a content of information: that is, we decode the messages in some way. And from this code of information we then make a basic vocabulary of concepts and a basic grammar of laws, which jointly describe the inner organization that nature translates into the happenings and the appearances we meet.” WayLawScienceNatureInformationMessagesHappeningsConceptsExperienceOrganizationSeriesAppearanceObservationCodeTranslateVocabularyGrammar Author:Jacob Bronowski