Thursday, September 22, 2022

Simply To See...

 John Gray, “Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals”:

 “SIMPLY TO SEE: Other animals do not need a purpose in life. A contradiction to itself, the human animal cannot do without one. Can we not think of the aim of life as being simply to see?”

 

illustration for "House And Garden" magazine, 1925 by  André Édouard Marty (1882 - 1974)