ecosophy
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Etymology edit
Blend of ecology + philosophy, coined by Félix Guattari and Arne Næss.
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ecosophy (countable and uncountable, plural ecosophies)
- Ecological philosophy, particularly of the type associated with the deep ecology movement.
- 1996, Donald T. Wells, Environmental Policy: A Global Perspective for the Twenty-first Century[1], →ISBN:
- […] ecosophy argues that an individual should act in such a way as to “do as little harm as possible.” The “oath” of those committed to ecosophy closely parallels that of medical doctors: Above all else do no harm.
- 2009 January 15, William Grimes, “Arne Naess, Norwegian Philosopher, Dies at 96”, in New York Times[2]:
- His ideas on ecology and ecosophy were developed in numerous books and articles, notably “Freedom, Emotion and Self-Subsistence” (1975), “Ecology, Community and Lifestyle” (1989) and “Life’s Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World” (2002).
