The Dialectical Relationship Between Humans AND Nature

Abstract

Humans, as an integral part of nature, cannot survive in isolation from it. The unity of human emotion and moral consciousness reflected in ecological relationships is not a coincidence. In ancient times — particularly in the civilizations of China, India, and Central Asia — the mythological worldview perceived the universe as a unified whole in which nature, humans, and mythological deities were inseparably intertwined. The human image was not seen as a distinct essence separate from nature. Instead, the forces of nature were endowed with human qualities and often deified.

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