Book 7

He definitely has a very interesting way of writing, and I must confess I did have some difficulty comprehending these. The beginning of book 7 is one that stood out to me. The way he regards human life is strange. From his comparisons between humans and animals he seems to believe that we a cursed breed. That Mother Nature was gracious in creating us but cruel in her ways. A rough example of his is that everything starts with a form of warmth, trees have bark, dogs have fur, we are naked. He gives very in depth descriptions of the human body for all sexes, I found this a little strange but also very impressive. He truly was very intelligent. He knew all this without having any of the resources we have today. But the thing that hit me most was when he said that, fish are only in danger from different species, we as human are so twisted that our biggest danger is our own species. It's scary to know that this is true. Who can you trust really? We can't even rely on our own kind. I'd never really given it much thought but he certainly did. it's sad to know that this fault in humanity was recognized centuries ago and yet we still haven't done anything to change it.