Term

Biophilia

Fromm's term: love of life and of everything alive, the opposite of necrophilia.

The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil, Erich Fromm

Explained in

• The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil, Erich Fromm
• The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, Florence Williams

  Edward Wilson’s idea, proposed in 1984, that humans have an innate attraction to living nature. It is a hypothesis, not a proven law.

• Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope, Johann Hari

  The inborn human pull towards living nature. The term was popularised by the biologist Edward O. Wilson.

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