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The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape

— Vaclav Havel

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Mary Midgley

Mary Midgley is a professional philosopher whose central interest is in the relation between humans and the rest of nature. Her best-known books are Beast and Man, The Ethical Primate, Wickedness and Science and Poetry.

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