On Wilderness and Flourishing

[Ryan Jordan]

Companion forum thread to: On Wilderness and Flourishing

In this philosophical essay, Backpacking Light founder Ryan Jordan argues that wilderness is more than scenery, recreation, or resource. Drawing on Aristotle, and testing ancient and modern philosophies against the state of humanity’s relationship to nature, he proposes a Wilderness Ethic of Flourishing: wild places cultivate prudence, courage, temperance, and contemplation in ways modern civilization cannot. This philosophical foundation offers a deeper case for preserving wild lands in an age of distraction, extraction, and political distortion.

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“A week immersed in news or entertainment passes without transformation. A week in the wilderness can alter one’s entire life trajectory.”

What a read! That was pretty deep Ryan. I enjoyed it very much.

That line, ” A week immersed in news or entertainment passes without transformation. A week in the wilderness can alter one’s entire life trajectory.” , That says so much right there and it is so very true.

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