We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see that human nature and 'outside' nature are all of a piece.

Alan W. Watts
We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at...
We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at...
We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at...
We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at...
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We might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see that human nature and 'outside' nature are all of a piece. We might conquer nature if we could first conquer our own nature. That is the key to human progress.

Source: The Book On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

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