| 单词 | citizen of nature |
| 释义 | > as lemmascitizen of nature citizen of nature n. a person primarily associated or concerned with the natural world rather than with any particular social structure. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] > cosmopolitanism > person citizen of the world1583 worldling1586 cosmopolite?c1622 cosmopolitan1642 citizen of nature1745 citizen1849 1745 D. Fordyce Dialogues conc. Educ. I. xi. 391 We may come to consider ourselves as..Spectators and Citizens of Nature rather than Retainers to this or the other Party. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. ii. 82 An original genius, a citizen of nature. 1823 H. Horne (title) The citizen of nature: in a series of letters from an American Indian, in London, to his friend at home. 1872 W. W. Reade Marytyrdom of Man (1874) ii. 186 We are governed..by moral laws which it is our duty as citizens of nature to obey. 1946 Amer. Biol. Teacher 8 79/1 I pledge myself to be a citizen of Nature. I promise to protect the birds, respect the trees and refrain from picking the wild flowers. 1991 L. E. Goodman On Justice iii. 91 As a citizen of nature, Stoic man bears not merely Cynic immunities but positive obligations. < as lemmas |
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