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biophilia

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bi·o·phil·i·a  (bi-fl-, -fly)
n.
An appreciation of life and the living world.
biophilia [ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə]
n
(Psychology) an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
[bio + -philia]
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Wilson coined the word biophilia in 1987 to describe our species' "innate tendency to focus upon life and lifelike forms and in some instances to affiliate with them emotionally.
IN OTHER WORDS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Biophilia is the only way forward--the recovery of our love and respect for life.
"Love for the paradise mystery": Thomas Merton: contemplative ... by Deignan, Kathleen / Cross Currents
Well, in a nutshell, it is a cultural form of thanatophilia, the love of death and the opposite of eros and biophilia, the irrational urge to cripple and/or extinguish life, that was named as a central human desire and motivator by Freud, but which was strangely unexplored by him.
The postcolonial Gothic: time and death in southern African literature by Gaylard, Gerald / Journal of Literary Studies
 
 
 
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