“Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behaviour, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
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