Biophilia 0 ▲ Teacher Tom 1 hour ago · Culture · hide Biophilia. Love of life. Is there a better definition of what we do?"Biophilia is the passionate love of life and of all that is alive; it is the wish to further growth, whether in a person, a plant, an idea, or a social group. The biophilous person prefers to construct rather than to retain. He wants to be more rather than to have more. He is capable of wondering, and he prefers to see something new rather than to find confirmation of the old. He loves the adventure of living more than he does certainty. He sees the whole rather than only the parts, structures rather than summations. He wants to mould and to influence by love, reason, and example; not by force, by cutting things apart, by the bureaucratic manner of administering people as if they were things."Psychologist Erich Fromm wrote this in 1973 and had he only not cut out half the human population by his use masculine pronouns, he could have been writing a job description for every play-based educator I know.This is what we… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town
