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Edward O. Wilson Frases famosas
“O antropocentrismo é um incapacitante vício do intelecto.”
Edward Osborne Wilson, "Biology and the Social Sciences", Daedalus, v. 106, n. 4, p. 131, outono de 1977. Citado por James Gleick, "A informação: uma história, uma teoria, uma enxurrada" [recurso eletrônico]; tradução Augusto Calil — 1a ed. — São Paulo : Companhia das Letras, 2013. p. 309.
Edward O. Wilson: Frases em inglês
Gaia Atlas of Planet Management
Fonte: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998), p. 262.
“The evolutionary epic is probably the best myth we will ever have.”
On Human Nature (1978)
“The borderline between normal and schizophrenic people is broad and nearly imperceptible.”
On Human Nature (1978), Ch.3 Development
“The emergence of civilization has everywhere followed a definable sequence.”
On Human Nature (1978), Ch.4 Emergence
Fonte: Letters to a Young Scientist (2013), chapter 16, "Searching for New Worlds on Earth", page 177.
“To know how scientists engage in visual imagery is to understand how they think creatively.”
Fonte: Letters to a Young Scientist (2013), chapter 5, "The Creative Process", page 69.
The Diversity of Life
“This planet can be a paradise in the 22nd century.”
Statement quoted at the "TED Prize" website, which he won in 2007 http://ted.com/tedprize/winners2007.cfm
Talk at the 50th anniversary of New Scientist magazine (2006).
Fonte: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998), p. 264.
Biophilia (1984)
“The incest taboo is another major category of primed learning.”
On Human Nature (1978), Ch.3 Development
Fonte: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998), p. 245.