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Full Idea
When man wills the natural, it is no longer natural.
Gist of Idea
When man wills the natural, it is no longer natural
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (works [1812]), quoted by Rosalind Hursthouse - On Virtue Ethics Ch.4
Book Ref
Hursthouse,Rosalind: 'On Virtue Ethics' [OUP 2001], p.105
A Reaction
Sounds good, though I'm not sure what it means. The application of the word 'natural' seems a bit arbitrary to me. No objective joint exists between the natural and unnatural. The default position has to be that everything is natural.