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'..."nature appearing to act in accordance with human...."
Dear MG: this would be much too limited. It is indeed a pathetic fallacy to think that the
appearance of a comet means a human tragedy is about to happen, a pathetic fallacy
to suppose that the alignment of stars foretells human events (astrology), the belief
in magic, the belief in life after death......There is a very long list of pathetic fallacies.
My English instructor was in error to limit it to attributing human thought processes
to animals. Humans are capable of many pathetic fallacies.
events"
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