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Nature, Science and Poetry


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The following article has the purpose of investigating the original bond that links scientific and poetical thought, delving into the roots of western culture, in order to prove that they were linked - rather than distinct - to the same astonishment (thauma) in front of the state of being. During time, modern thought has progressively developed a clear distinction between rationality and imagination - relegating poetry to a condition of superficial function in society; nonetheless, this distinction has the high risk of making science dangerously indifferent to the same life it intends to study. Through philosophical and poetical analysis of trees - silent birth-givers - this article shows the poetical potential of every natural science. It’s nowadays essential to restore this potential, in order to redefine astonishment, responsibility and curiosity towards life.


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Nature, Science, poetry, thauma (astonishment), trees, fragility, progress, education, philosophy, ecology

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2423/i22394303v15Sp87

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