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The fact that the world—the Earth—exists and has powers to act independently of humans, and that the human species is a relative late-comer in the history of life on earth, has led some academic philosophers to suggest, in nihilistic fashion, that the world is inherently hostile to humans, that it is not a home and that it has no meaning for humans.
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Morris, B. (2016). Conclusion. In: An Environmental History of Southern Malawi. Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45258-6_10
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