Quote by Konrad Lorenz on Instincts and Paradise

„Man has been driven out of the paradise in which he could trust his instincts.“

Konrad LorenzKonrad Lorenz describes man as driven out of paradise where he could trust his instincts.
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Konrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist and one of the main representatives of classical comparative behavioral research. He himself referred to this field as “animal psychology” until 1949 and is regarded as its founding father in the German-speaking world.

Quote by Konrad Lorenz about humanity's loss of instinctive trust.


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Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989) was a prominent Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and behavioral researcher, considered one of the founders of modern ethology. He particularly studied imprinting in animals and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 for his work in ethology.

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