Biophilia is the love (philia) of Nature (bio). Love has many meanings in English. ... The deepest visible-light image of the universe, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. ...

E. O. Wilson popularized the word in a book of the same name published by Harvard University Press, 1984. It also appeared in the Stephen R. Kellert book The Biophilia Hypothesis (Island Press, 1993). E.O. Wilson with Dynastes hercules E. O. Wilson, or Edward Osborne Wilson, (born June 10, 1929) is an entomologist and biologist known for his work on ecology, evolution, and sociobiology. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Erich Fromm also used the word Biophilia frequently as a description of a productive psychological orientation and "state of being". For example, in an addendum to his book The Heart of Man: Its Genius For Good and Evil Fromm wrote as part of his famous Humanist Credo: Erich Fromm Erich Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned German-American psychologist and humanistic philosopher. ...

"I believe that the man choosing progress can find a new unity through the development of all his human forces, which are produced in three orientations. These can be presented separately or together: biophilia, love for humanity and nature, and independence and freedom." (c. 1965)

Erich Fromm uses the concept Biophilia as an inverse to Necrophilia. Look up Necrophilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Necrophilia according to the DSM IV, is a paraphilia characterized by a sexual attraction to corpses. ...

=External links

• Love for nature (http://www.religiousbook.net/Books/Online_books/Ec/Ecology_11.html)
• Biophilia? (http://www.biophile.co.za/biophilia)