When we hear that "war" is made for "peace", or that "pain" is sought for "pleasure" or that "brutality" helps one "feel", in our minds, language ceases to describe reality. Words lose their direct relationship with actuality. And thus language and culture begin to exist entirely independently of nature.

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Susan Griffin was a 20th-century American writer. Susan Griffin was an American radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright, particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works. Read more on Wikipedia →

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