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Barry Lopez on the Cure for Our Existential Loneliness and the Three Tenets of a Full Life

The Marginalian / 29 August 2026 / 6h ago

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"Existential loneliness and a sense that one’s life is inconsequential, both of which are hallmarks of modern civilizations, seem to me to derive in part from our abandoning a belief in the therapeutic dimensions of a relationship with place."

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Barry Lopez on the Cure for Our Existential Loneliness and the Three Tenets of a Full Life

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