“Nature is the birthright of everyone on Earth. The millions of species we have allowed to survive are our phylogenetic kin. Their… — Edward O. Wilson History Copy Share Image
“Traditional religious beliefs have been eroded, not so much by humiliating disproofs of their mythologies as by the growing awareness that beliefs… — Edward O. Wilson Faith Copy Share Image
“[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.” — Edward O. Wilson Evolution Copy Share Image
“Overall, it seems now possible to draw a reasonably good explanation of why the human condition is a singularity, why the likes… — Edward O. Wilson Human condition Copy Share Image
“let’s also promote the humanities, that which makes us human, and not use science to mess around with the wellspring of this,… — Edward O. Wilson Nature of man Copy Share Image
“Moreover, we look in vain to philosophy for the answer to the great riddle. Despite its noble purpose and history, pure philosophy… — Edward O. Wilson History Copy Share Image
“Annie Dillard was a pioneer in her Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974. Among other notable examples… — Edward O. Wilson Natural history Copy Share Image
“The creation myth is a Darwinian device for survival.” — Edward O. Wilson Storytelling Copy Share Image
“Human beings and their social orders are intrinsically imperfectible and fortunately so. In a constantly changing world, we need the flexibility that… — Edward O. Wilson Changing World Copy Share Image
“Another principle that I believe can be justified by scientific evidence so far is that nobody is going to emigrate from this… — Edward O. Wilson Emigration Copy Share Image
“To explore and affiliate with life is a deep and complicated process in mental development. To an extent still undervalued in philosophy… — Edward O. Wilson Life Copy Share Image
“Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it… — Edward O. Wilson Empathy Copy Share Image
“Somewhere close I knew spear-nosed bats flew through the tree crowns in search of fruit, palm vipers coiled in ambush in the… — Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Copy Share Image
“Dawkins is an eloquent science journalist. What else is he? I mean journalism is a high and influential profession. But he’s not… — Edward O. Wilson Last time Copy Share Image
“if our conception of human nature is to be altered, it must be by means of truths conforming to the canons of… — Edward O. Wilson Human nature Copy Share Image
“The main shortcoming of humanistic scholarship is its extreme anthropocentrism. Nothing, it seems, matters in the creative arts and critical humanistic analyses… — Edward O. Wilson Rest of life Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile, because humanity is still swept along by animal passions in a digitalized global world, and because we are conflicted between what… — Edward O. Wilson Philosophy Copy Share Image
“Serious art, whether expressed in score, script, or image, seizes you on first encounter. It then holds and distracts you long enough… — Edward O. Wilson Art Copy Share Image
“Possibly here in the Holocene, or just before 10 or 20 thousand years ago, life hit a peak of diversity. Then we… — Edward O. Wilson Life Copy Share Image
“primary mental abilities and perceptual and motor skills are the most influenced by heredity, while personality traits are the least influenced. If” — Edward O. Wilson Personality traits Copy Share Image
“To express this increasingly complex subject as succinctly as possible, the ancestors of our species developed the brain power to connect with… — Edward O. Wilson Brain power Copy Share Image
“Timothy Beatley in Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature into Urban Design and Planning (2011)” — Edward O. Wilson Nature Copy Share Image
“Science, its imperfections notwithstanding, is the sword in the stone that humanity finally pulled. The question it poses, of universal and orderly… — Edward O. Wilson Nature of man Copy Share Image
