anthropomorphism – On the Human http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human a project of the National Humanities Center Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:39:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Animalia: the Natural World, Art, and Theory http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/02/animalia-the-natural-world-art-and-theory/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/02/animalia-the-natural-world-art-and-theory/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:57:33 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=808 Egbé eja leja ?wè tò, egbé eye leye ?wò lé Fish swim in a school of their own kind; Birds fly in a flock of their own kind. Yoruba Proverb

We mention nature and forget ourselves in it. Friedrich Nietzsche

So engrained is the trope of the animal in the West that animal

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