Quote#Nature
Civilisation is not an appeal to nature. It is a revolt against…
Quote byJ. Howard Moore · 1862–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Biology of Child Nature, p. 135.
English (original)
Civilisation is not an appeal to nature. It is a revolt against nature—against nature as it has been represented in man in the past. It is supernatural. Civilization is an attempt to subordinate and control those primitive impulses which have reigned in human nature in the less gracious and less rational times gone by—impulses which we have ourselves to-day to a considerable extent inherited.
— J. Howard Moore
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