“The greatest spiritual revolutionary in Western history, Saint Francis, proposed what he thought was an alternative Christian view of nature and man’s relationship to it; he tried to substitute the idea of the equality of all creatures, including man, for the idea of man’s limitless rule of creation…The key to an understanding of Francis is his belief in the virtue of humility – not merely for the individual but for man as a species. Francis tried to depose man form his monarchy over creation and set up a democracy of all God’s creatures”. (Lynn White Jr., “Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis”, 1967).
See St. Francis's canticle "Brother Sun, Sister Moon"
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Finally found a quote referring to Saint Francis, and of course it came from Lynn White Jr's classic piece (see link)...how could I have forgotten?
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