Harari — “Culture tends to argue that it forbids only…”

Source: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — Yuval Noah Harari

Book page: harari-sapiens

From: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — Quotes

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Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition.