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"Filsafat melahirkan ilmu pengetahuan, tapi ia ingin terlepas darinya.

Filsafat, ibu tiri ilmu pengetahuan."

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Uma #9

That the sky is brighter than the earth means little unless the earth itself is appreciated and enjoyed. Its beauty loved gives the right to aspire to the radiance of the sunrise and the stars.

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

U.S. writer and lecturer.

My Religion

Uma #8

Lingkungan hidup itu BUKAN UNTUK PARA PENGHUNINYA, melainkan TERDIRI ATAS PARA PENGHUNINYA.

Saleh Danasasmita (1933-1986)

Ahli Sejarah Sunda & Sastrawan

Uma #7

The earth does not argue,
Is not pathetic, has no arrangements,
Does not scream, haste, persuade, threaten, promise,
Makes no discriminations, has no conceivable failures,
Closes nothing, refuses nothing, shuts none out.

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

U.S. poet.

Leaves of Grass, "A Song of the Rolling Earth"

Uma #6

All the poet can do today is to warn. That is why the true Poets must be truthful.

Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918)

British poet.

Poems, "Preface"

Uma #5

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—there are consequences.

Robert G. Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)

U.S. lawyer.

Some Reasons Why

Uma #4

After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on—have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear—what remains? Nature remains.

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

U.S. poet.

Specimen Days and Collect, "New Themes Entered Upon"

Uma #3

First man conquers nature, and then he learns that conquered nature has lost its purity and he's very upset by this loss. But it's not science that's to blame, it's technocrats and politicians. They've misused science.

Saul Bellow (1915 - 2005)

Canadian-born U.S. writer.

The Dean's December

Uma #2

Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your Teacher.

William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)

British poet.

Subtitled "An Evening Piece on the Same Subject," referring to "Expostulation and Reply," to which it is a companion piece.

Lyrical Ballads, "The Tables Turned"

Uma #1

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

Thomas Browne (1605 - 1682) 

English physician and writer.  

Religio Medici