Peter Coates

A kaleidoscopic survey from a British scholar examines Nature from five standpoints: as a physical place, as the collective phenomena of the world or universe, as an essence, quality, or principle that informs the workings of the world, as a guide and source of inspiration, as the conceptual opposite of culture. Includes many ideas at odds with pantheistic precepts (and makes no reference to pantheism in the index), yet despite a humanistic (rather than biocentric) bias and occasional show more condescension, the book contains much interesting material and closes with the thought that "we need a god and nature is a good god, perhaps the only good god." show less

Media Type:Book. SUBJECT: 1. Introduced organisms -- United States -- History. 2. English sparrow 3. Eucalyptus tree 4. Invasive species 5. Introduced species