In the Garden of Eden Adam saw the animals before he named them: in the traditional system, children named the animals before they saw them.1 - Alan Watts

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In the Garden of Eden Adam saw the animals before he named them: in the traditional system, children named the animals before they saw them.1

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About Alan Watts

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was an English philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion.

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Alternative Names: Alan Wilson Watts Alan W. Watts
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The “natural” man lives for one motive: to protect his body from pain and to associate it with pleasure. Because he can only feel with his own body, he has little interest in the feelings of other bodies. Therefore he will only take interest in other bodies under the stimulus of rewards and punishments, that is, by an exploitation of his self-interest in the interest of the community.

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