Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysJ. Baird Callicott University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 15 - 308 pages The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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... evolutionary ecological “ land ethic " did not occur in an intellectual vacuum ; nor was it without prece- dent . Nash , in " Aldo Leopold's Intellectual Heritage " puts the idea in its place — in the history of ideas , as Flader places ...
... evolutionary ecological “ land ethic " did not occur in an intellectual vacuum ; nor was it without prece- dent . Nash , in " Aldo Leopold's Intellectual Heritage " puts the idea in its place — in the history of ideas , as Flader places ...
Page 67
... evolutionary explanation of the proliferation of life on earth undermined dualistic philosophies at least two thousand years old . Charles Darwin put man back into nature . He broadened the meaning of kinship . No more special creation ...
... evolutionary explanation of the proliferation of life on earth undermined dualistic philosophies at least two thousand years old . Charles Darwin put man back into nature . He broadened the meaning of kinship . No more special creation ...
Page 268
... evolutionary time . 18 There are vastly more individuals and species and they are better fits in their communities . These developments in natural history are not just a random walk , not just drift . They reveal the rationality of the ...
... evolutionary time . 18 There are vastly more individuals and species and they are better fits in their communities . These developments in natural history are not just a random walk , not just drift . They reveal the rationality of the ...
Contents
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Aldo Leopolds Intellectual Heritage | 63 |
Copyright | |
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