Quotes by John N. Gray, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals

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Where affluence is the rule, the true threat is the loss of desire,(...) What is new is not that prosperity depends on s — John N. Gray, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
If you believe that humans are animals, there can be no such thing as the history of humanity, only the lives of particu — John N. Gray, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
Tragedy is born of myth, not morality. Prometheus and Icarus are tragic heroes. Yet none of the myths in which they appe — John N. Gray, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
Anyone who truly wants to escape human solipsism should not seek out empty places. Instead of fleeing to desert, where t — John N. Gray, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals
Long after the traces of the human animal have disappeared, many of the species it is bent on destroying will still be a — John N. Gray, Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals