Benjamin Cain
Aug 31, 2023

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The precivilized view was animistic rather than pantheistic. They're similar in that they both take nature to be enchanted, but animism is cruder, as in more naïve and less based on extensive science. You need symbolic culture, though, for either viewpoint, which means animals aren't likely to understand these concepts.

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

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