Ernst F. Schumacher > Quotes > Quote > John liked it

“Modern man does not experience himself as a part of nature but as an outside force destined to dominate and conquer it. He even talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side.”
― Ernst F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful: The classic call for human-scale economics which is now more relevant than ever