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36 ssss1 For a more complete depiction of this in the context of Ancient Greek Science see Boylan (2015).

37 ssss1 Of course, there are some who think that all interference in nature is improper. These are people who assert that Nature was created by God and since God is perfect, God’s makings are perfect, too. Any interference will inevitability lead to a diminished outcome. This point of view was set out in the seventeenth century (a time of great scientific questioning and innovation in Europe): “Heaven if for thee too high/to know what passes there; be lowly wise: /Think only what concerns thee and thy being” from John Milton, “Paradise Lost” in John Milton, The Poetical Works of John Milton, vol. 1, ed. Helen Darbishire (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1952): Bk. 8, ll. 172−174.

38 ssss1 For two different perspectives on this issue see: Beril Idemen Sözman, “Harm in the Wild: Facing Non-Human Suffering in Nature” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice: An International Forum 16 (5) 2013: 1075−1088 and Martn Drenthen, “New Wilderness Landscapes as Moral Criticisms: A Nietzschen Perspective on Our Contemporary Fascination with Wilderness” Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network 14 (4) (2007): 371−403.